ProxMenux/.github/workflows/update-helpers-cache.yml

name: Update Helper Scripts Cache

on:
  # Manual trigger via GitHub Actions UI
  workflow_dispatch:

  # Scheduled run every 6 hours (00:00, 06:00, 12:00, 18:00 UTC)
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 */6 * * *"

jobs:
  update-cache:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write  # Required to push changes back to the repository

    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout the repository code
      - name: ⬇️ Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Step 2: Set up Python environment
      - name: 🐍 Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
        with:
          python-version: 3.11

      # Step 3: Install dependencies (requests library)
      - name: 📦 Install Python dependencies
        run: pip install requests

      # Step 4: Run the Python script to generate helpers_cache.json
      - name: ⚙️ Generate helpers_cache.json
        run: python .github/scripts/generate_helpers_cache.py

      # Step 5: Commit and push changes if the file has been updated
      - name: 📤 Commit and push if helpers_cache.json has changed
        run: |
          git config user.name "ProxMenuxBot"
          git config user.email "bot@proxmenux.local"
          git add helpers_cache.json
          git diff --cached --quiet || git commit -m "🔄 Update helpers_cache.json"
          git push