update-publications.yml

name: Update Publications from Google Scholar

on:
  schedule:
    # Run every Sunday at 2 AM UTC
    - cron: '0 2 * * 0'
  workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual triggering

jobs:
  update-publications:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
      
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
      with:
        python-version: '3.11'
        
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: |
        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install requests beautifulsoup4 pyyaml
        
    - name: Run publications fetcher
      run: |
        python scripts/fetch_publications.py
        
    - name: Check for changes
      id: check_changes
      run: |
        if git diff --quiet _data/publications.yml; then
          echo "changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        else
          echo "changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        fi
        
    - name: Commit and push changes
      if: steps.check_changes.outputs.changes == 'true'
      run: |
        git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
        git add _data/publications.yml
        git commit -m "Auto-update publications from Google Scholar [skip ci]"
        git push
        
    - name: Create issue on failure
      if: failure()
      uses: actions/github-script@v7
      with:
        script: |
          github.rest.issues.create({
            owner: context.repo.owner,
            repo: context.repo.repo,
            title: 'Publications update failed',
            body: `The automated publications update failed on ${new Date().toISOString()}. Please check the workflow logs for details.`
          })