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Fredy Somy
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Automate Build and deploy of Python Package using Github actions.

Are you tired of manually building and deploying Python packages to PyPi. Well here is the solution.

What you need.

  • A github account
  • A PyPi account.
  • A Packagable Python project.
    • if you dont know how to package a project refer here

Lets get started

  • Go to the repo containing your python project.
  • Click on Actions tab. A window appears. Alt Text
  • Select the Publish Python package action. Alt Text
  • Notice that the new file which we are commiting is in the .github folder and inside the workflows folder.
.github/workflows/python-publish.yml

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  • Lets see the code which is .yml file containing some commands to be excecuted .
name: Upload Python Package

on:
  release:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  deploy:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: '3.x'
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install setuptools wheel twine
    - name: Build and publish
      env:
        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
      run: |
        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
        twine upload dist/*
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  • Let me explain Line by line.
name: Upload Python Package

on:
  release:
    types: [created]
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  • The name : " " is the name of the workflow which you are creating.

  • The "on" depicts a event which here is the releases event.

  • If we want to run the workflow each time we push code .👇

on:
  push:
    branches : [ master ]

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  • Here the event is "Push" so each time you push code the workflow runs.
jobs:
 .....
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  • Jobs tells the workflow what all jobs have to be done when the workflow is triggered.
deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: '3.x'
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  • runs-on specifies which OS it should run on.
  • Then the steps is a long list of works to be done.
  • Here the first job is to set up python and the - name means the name of the job running.
  • Here is a set of jobs running in my package.
    Alt Text

  • Then after setting up python we have to install the dependencies.

- name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
        pip install setuptools wheel twine
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  • Here the run: | is the set of commands to be executed.
    • We are Upgrading pip.
    • Installing the dependencies in requirements.txt
    • And we are installing setuptools , wheel and twine.
  • setuptools and wheel are for packaging.
  • Twine is for uploading the package to Pypi.

  • Here is the final part to Build and Publish a package.

- name: Build and publish
      env:
        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
      run: |
        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
        twine upload dist/*
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  • The env: is some environment variables which you need ( Here your PyPi username and password.)
    • You can go to the repo settings and add secrets , which can be accessed by secrets.envname
  • In the "run :" you are seeing two commands.

    • Here python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel builds the package and add it into a dist/ folder.
  • And finally " twine upload dist/* " uploads the distributions to PyPi.

  • You can also set up tests if you want.

Contact

  • Feel free to email me for Bugs Found or queries.

  • I will be happy to help.

  • Cover image taken from here

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