Add actions-util.getAutomationID()

src/actions-util.ts

@@ -425,6 +425,27 @@ export async function getAnalysisKey(): Promise<string> {
   return analysisKey;
 }
 
+export async function getAutomationID(): Promise<string> {
+  let automationID = `${await getAnalysisKey()}/`;
+  const environment = getOptionalInput("matrix");
+
+  // the id has to be deterministic so we sort the fields
+  if (environment !== undefined && environment !== "null") {
+    const environmentObject = JSON.parse(environment);
+    for (const entry of Object.entries(environmentObject).sort()) {
+      if (typeof entry[1] === "string") {
+        automationID += `${entry[0]}:${entry[1]}/`;
+      } else {
+        // In code scanning we just handle the string values,
+        // the rest get converted to the empty string
+        automationID += `${entry[0]}:/`;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return automationID;
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the ref currently being analyzed.
  */