Espn API workflow (cwendt94/espn-api)

The Espn API workflow from cwendt94/espn-api, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Espn API workflow from the cwendt94/espn-api repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: Espn API

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master  

  pull_request:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Set up Python

      uses: actions/setup-python@v3

      with:
        python-version: '3.8'

    - name: Install dependencies

      run: python setup.py install

    - name: Test with nosetests

      run: python3 setup.py nosetests

    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov  

      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4

      with:
        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Espn API

on:

  push:

    branches:

      - master  

  pull_request:



concurrency:

  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

  cancel-in-progress: true



jobs:

  build:

    timeout-minutes: 30

    runs-on: latchkey-small

    steps:

    - uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: Set up Python

      uses: actions/setup-python@v3

      with:

        cache: 'pip'

        python-version: '3.8'

    - name: Install dependencies

      run: python setup.py install

    - name: Test with nosetests

      run: python3 setup.py nosetests

    - name: Upload coverage to Codecov  

      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4

      with:

        token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }} # required

What changed

• Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow