Github Action - Build and Pytest Python 3.8

build-test.yml

# Github Action to build Python package and run tests with Pytest
# Runs on creation of pull request into main branch

name: Tests

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:

  build-test:
    name: Build and test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:

      - name: checkout source code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
        with:
          python-version: 3.8

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
          python -m pip install pytest requests

      - name: Test with pytest - should have created pyc files
        run: pytest