bot.yml

name: "Update Bot"
on:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 * * * *' # run the bot once an hour (at every minute 0 on the clock)
  push: # also run the action when something on a new commit
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  blog-updates:
    name: bot
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:

        # you can use this action to install R
      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
        with:
          r-version: 'release'

        # this one makes sure the files from your repo are accessible
      - name: Setup - Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

        # these dependencies are needed for pak to install packages
      - name: System dependencies
        run: sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev

        # I created this custom installation of depenencies since the pre-pacakged one
        # from https://github.com/r-lib/actions only works for repos containing R packages
      - name: "Install Packages"
        run: |
          install.packages(c("pak", "renv"))
          deps <- unique(renv::dependencies(".")$Package)
          # use github version for now
          deps[deps == "atrrr"] <- "JBGruber/atrrr"
          deps <- c(deps, "jsonlite", "magick", "dplyr")
          # should handle remaining system requirements automatically
          pak::pkg_install(deps)
        shell: Rscript {0}

        # after all the preparation, it's time to run the bot
      - name: "Bot - Run"
        run: Rscript 'bot.r'
        env:
          ATR_PW: ${{ secrets.ATR_PW }} # to authenticat, store your app pw as a secret

        # after 60 days without a commit, the bot is disabled by GitHub. keepalive-workflow 
        # prevents that
      - name: Keepalive Workflow
        uses: gautamkrishnar/keepalive-workflow@2.0.7