amplify_command: add_env returns message: Using default provider undefined

[dadamsGS]

Not sure what I am doing wrong here but I have been trying to get amplify-cli-action working for the last three days.

local-env-info.json is added and not gitignored. I did not see anything in the README regarding the need to do this and it seems antithetical to using amplify-cli as they explicitly add it to the gitignore.

The error I am running into is:

Using default provider  undefined
init failed
TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The 'request' argument must be string. Received type undefined
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/lib/lib/init-steps/s2-initProviders.js:22:36
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/lib/lib/init-steps/s2-initProviders.js:21:19
    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)
    at fulfilled (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/lib/lib/init-steps/s2-initProviders.js:5:58)

I do have a project-config.json as well that is also not gitignored.

The command that is getting executed is (GHA output):

Run ambientlight/amplify-cli-action@0.3.0
  with:
    amplify_command: add_env
    amplify_env: greentest
    amplify_cli_version: 3.17.1-alpha.35
    delete_lock: false
    source_dir: src
    distribution_dir: dist
    build_command: npm run build
  env:
    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ***
    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ***
    AWS_REGION: us-east-2

Any direction on this would be really helpful.

My workflow file looks like:

# This workflow is designed to deploy the application client to AWS Amplify

name: Amplify Deploy

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  test:
    name: Deploy to test initiated by ${{ github.actor }}
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [16.x]

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: install amplify-cli
      run: npm install -g @aws-amplify/cli

    - name: use node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-node@v2
      with:
        node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
    
    - name: "set amplify env name"
      id: setenvname
      run: |
        # use GITHUB_REF_NAME that is set to PR source branch
        # ideally this is GREEN-d+
        ENVNAME=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF_NAME,,} | cut -c-10)
        ENVNAME="${ENVNAME//-/}"
        echo $ENVNAME
        echo "##[set-output name=amplifyenvname;]$ENVNAME"
  
    - name: Deploying to ${{ steps.setenvname.outputs.amplifyenvname }}
      uses: ambientlight/amplify-cli-action@0.3.0
      with:
        amplify_command: add_env
        amplify_env: greentest
        amplify_cli_version: '3.17.1-alpha.35'
        delete_lock: false
      env:
        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
        AWS_REGION: us-east-2

    # - name: deploy
    #   uses: ambientlight/amplify-cli-action@0.3.0
    #   with:
    #     amplify_command: publish
    #     amplify_env: test
    #   env:
    #     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
    #     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
    #     AWS_REGION: us-east-2
        
    # - name: undeploy test environment
    #   uses: ambientlight/amplify-cli-action@0.3.0
    #   # run even if previous step fails
    #   if: failure() || success()
    #   with:
    #     amplify_command: delete_env
    #     amplify_env: ${{ steps.setenvname.outputs.amplifyenvname }}
    #     amplify_cli_version: '3.17.1-alpha.35'
    #     delete_lock: false
    #   env:
    #     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
    #     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
    #     AWS_REGION: us-east-2