adding automatic release action

.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI and TestPyPI
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    tags: 
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build distribution 📦
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.x"
+    - name: Install pypa/build
+      run: >-
+        python3 -m
+        pip install
+        build
+        --user
+    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+      run: python3 -m build
+    - name: Store the distribution packages
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+  publish-to-pypi:
+    name: >-
+      Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')  # only publish to PyPI on tag pushes
+    needs:
+    - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/mc-providers
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+
+  github-release:
+    name: >-
+      Sign the Python 🐍 distribution 📦 with Sigstore
+      and upload them to GitHub Release
+    needs:
+    - publish-to-pypi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for making GitHub Releases
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Sign the dists with Sigstore
+      uses: sigstore/gh-action-sigstore-python@v2.1.1
+      with:
+        inputs: >-
+          ./dist/*.tar.gz
+          ./dist/*.whl
+    - name: Create GitHub Release
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      run: >-
+        gh release create
+        '${{ github.ref_name }}'
+        --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
+        --notes ""
+    - name: Upload artifact signatures to GitHub Release
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      # Upload to GitHub Release using the `gh` CLI.
+      # `dist/` contains the built packages, and the
+      # sigstore-produced signatures and certificates.
+      run: >-
+        gh release upload
+        '${{ github.ref_name }}' dist/**
+        --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
+  publish-to-testpypi:
+    name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
+    needs:
+    - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    environment:
+      name: testpypi
+      url: https://test.pypi.org/p/mc-providers
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to TestPyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      with:
+        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Make sure `pip install flit twine` so you can build and deploy to PyPI.
 5. Run `flit publish` to upload it to PyPI
 
 ### Version History
+* __v2.0.3__ - version bump for automatic releases
 * __v2.0.2__ - respect domain filters on Media Cloud searches
 * __v2.0.1__ - more work on caching strategies  
 * __v2.0.0__ - change CachingManager interface to support online news providers better  

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mc-providers"
-version = "2.0.2"
+version = "2.0.3"
 authors = [
     {name = "Paige Gulley", email = "nano3.14@gmail.com"},
     {name = "Rahul Bhargava", email = "r.bhargava@northeastern.edu"},