request Divvy station status at predefined intervals #6182

	#RR 11/16/23
	# this action retrieves a snapshot of Divvy station status info from https://gbfs.lyft.com/gbfs/2.3/chi/en/station_status.json
	# the intent is to run this every 15 minutes for a week

	name: request Divvy station status at predefined intervals

	#Set cron to every hour rather than 15 minutes, because I think I was being throttled

	on:
	schedule:
	- cron: "0 * * * *"
	workflow_dispatch:
	repository_dispatch:

	permissions:
	contents: write

	jobs:
	fetch:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	timeout-minutes: 10
	steps:
	- name: Check-out the repo
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	fetch-depth: 0
	ref: main

	- name: Set up Python 3.10
	uses: actions/setup-python@v4
	with:
	python-version: "3.10"
	# cache: "pip"

	- name: Cache Python dependencies
	uses: actions/cache@v2
	with:
	path: ~/.cache/pip
	key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}
	restore-keys: \|
	${{ runner.os }}-pip-

	- name: Install Python venv and requirements
	run: make venv

	- name: Configure git
	run: git config --global user.name "Automated"; git config user.email "[email protected]"

	#added these debugging steps
	- name: check Python packages
	run: \|
	source venv/bin/activate
	pip freeze

	- name: Check Python version and path
	run: \|
	source venv/bin/activate
	python --version
	which python

	# retrieve divvy station data
	- name: request-divvy-status
	run: \|
	source venv/bin/activate
	make retrieve-data
	git add data/*
	git diff --cached --quiet \|\| git commit -m "add new or updated station status info to data directory"
	git push

	# transform data, maybe add this later or I can do it manually

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