The latest articles on DEV Community by Sina D (@ssinad). https://dev.to/ssinad https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F364877%2F3e3d7d26-5f28-4ad1-b059-883c5d575642.png https://dev.to/ssinad en Sina D Sun, 16 Aug 2020 06:06:03 +0000 https://dev.to/ssinad/compile-latex-document-and-upload-to-google-drive-97f https://dev.to/ssinad/compile-latex-document-and-upload-to-google-drive-97f <h3> My Workflow </h3> <p>I wrote this workflow to keep a history of a latex document I was working on. I also wanted the document to be synced with my Google drive without me having to manually upload it every time I made a change.</p> <h4> Prerequisites </h4> <ul> <li>A Google <a href="https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts">service account</a> </li> <li>An encryption tool such as <code>gpg</code> </li> <li>Google drive file ID (The file must be shared with the email associated with the service account)</li> </ul> <p>GitHub suggests using tools such as <code>gpg</code> to store large secrets. I used <code>gpg</code> to encrypt the json file for the service account and included the encrypted file in the repository. I saved the passphrase as a GitHub secret.<br><br> I also uploaded the first version of my pdf on to Google drive to get a file ID, which I saved as a GitHub secret, as well. I shared this file with the email associated with that service account.</p> <h4> Workflow Steps </h4> <ol> <li>Install <code>texlive</code> (<code>latexmk</code> included)</li> <li>Compile and typeset the pdf document</li> <li>Save the generated pdf as an artifact</li> <li>Decrypt the encrypted service account JSON file</li> <li>Install <a href="https://pypi.org/project/google-api-python-client/"><code>google-api-python-client</code></a> python library</li> <li>Upload the new version of the pdf onto Google Drive</li> </ol> <h4> Possible Improvements </h4> <p>This was my first experience with GitHub Actions so there is still room for improvement, for example:</p> <ul> <li><p>The steps 1, 4, and 5 only need be done once. Therefore, it is possible to use GitHub's <a href="https://github.com/actions/cache">cache action</a> and generate the dependencies and cache them. Then on the consequent runs, the runner can use the cached version to improve speed. </p></li> <li><p>Also, I am looking to be able to get <code>tlmgr</code> working so that I can customize my LaTeX installation.</p></li> </ul> <p>Update: I was able to use a docker image to get this working.</p> <ul> <li>As a next step, it may be possible to separate this workflow into two workflows: one for compiling and saving, and the other for uploading onto Google drive.</li> </ul> <p>Update: I split these two into separate actions.</p> <p>However, it should be good enough to get the job done.</p> <h3> Submission Category: </h3> <p>Wacky Wildcards</p> <h3> Link to Code </h3> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--A9-wwsHG--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_800/https://dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/ssinad"> ssinad </a> / <a href="https://github.com/ssinad/devto-actions-hackathon"> devto-actions-hackathon </a> </h2> <h3> </h3> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <div id="readme" class="md"> <h1> Compile LaTeX Documents and Upload to Google Drive</h1> <h4> Prerequisites</h4> <ul> <li>A Google <a href="https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts" rel="nofollow">service account</a> </li> <li>An encryption tool such as <code>gpg</code> </li> <li>Google drive file ID (The file must be shared with the email associated with the service account)</li> </ul> <h3> Additional Resources / Info</h3> <ol> <li><a href="https://dev.to/ssinad/compile-latex-document-and-upload-to-google-drive-97f" rel="nofollow">https://dev.to/ssinad/compile-latex-document-and-upload-to-google-drive-97f</a></li> <li><a href="https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts" rel="nofollow">https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/actions/cache">https://github.com/actions/cache</a></li> <li><a href="https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#limits-for-secrets">https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#limits-for-secrets</a></li> <li><a href="https://pypi.org/project/google-api-python-client" rel="nofollow">https://pypi.org/project/google-api-python-client</a></li> </ol> </div> </div> <br> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/ssinad/devto-actions-hackathon">View on GitHub</a></div> <br> </div> <br> <h3> Additional Resources / Info </h3> <ol> <li> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts">https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/service-accounts</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://github.com/actions/cache">https://github.com/actions/cache</a> </li> <li><a href="https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#limits-for-secrets">https://docs.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/creating-and-storing-encrypted-secrets#limits-for-secrets</a></li> <li> <a href="https://pypi.org/project/google-api-python-client">https://pypi.org/project/google-api-python-client</a> </li> </ol> actionshackathon github opensource googlecloud