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+name: run main.py
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '*/5 * * * *' # At every 5th minute
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - name: checkout repo content
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2 # checkout the repository content
+
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10' # install the python version needed
+
+      - name: install python packages
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: execute py script # run main.py
+        env:
+          SOME_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SOME_SECRET }}
+          ODS_HOST: ${{ secrets.ODS_HOST }}
+          ODS_PORT: ${{ secrets.ODS_PORT }}
+          ODS_USER: ${{ secrets.ODS_USER }}
+          ODS_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ODS_PASSWORD }}
+          ODS_DB: ${{ secrets.ODS_DB }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN_SECRET }}
+        run: python main.py
+
+      - name: commit files
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add -A
+          git diff-index --quiet HEAD || (git commit -a -m "updated dags" --allow-empty)
+
+      - name: push changes
+        uses: ad-m/github-push-action@v0.6.0
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: ui_testing