update_used_words.yaml

name: Update Word List

on:
  schedule:
    # The latest time when there's still an inhabited place (UTC-10) that hasn't rolled over to the next day is at 09:59 UTC.
    # The latest time when there's still an uninhabited place (UTC-12) that hasn't rolled over to the next day is at 11:59 UTC.
    # Observed update of source is between 4:00 AM and 4:20 AM PDT, 11:00 and 11:20 UTC.
    # Schedule to run starting at 10:07 UTC, 3:07 AM PDT, polling every 20 minutes until
    # update received, or stop trying after 18 attempts (6 hours).
    - cron: '7 10 * * *'
  workflow_dispatch:  # Allows manual triggering

jobs:
  update-gist:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    
    - name: Setup Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
      with:
        node-version: '20'
        
    - name: Install dependencies
      run: npm ci
      working-directory: ./scripts
      
    - name: Run scraper and update Gist
      env:
        USED_WORDS_SOURCE_URL: ${{ secrets.USED_WORDS_SOURCE_URL }}
        GIST_UPDATE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIST_UPDATE_TOKEN }}
        GIST_ID: ${{ secrets.GIST_ID }}
      working-directory: ./scripts
      run: |
        set +e  # Allow script to continue on non-zero exit codes
        TIMESTAMP_FORMAT='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'

        echo "$(date +"$TIMESTAMP_FORMAT") - Starting run script"
        for i in {1..36}  # Loop max 36 times (6 hours)
        do
          echo "$(date +"$TIMESTAMP_FORMAT") - Invoking update-used-words.js"
          node ./update-used-words.js
          if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
            echo "$(date +"$TIMESTAMP_FORMAT") - List updated, exiting workflow."
            exit 0
          fi
          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
            echo "$(date +"$TIMESTAMP_FORMAT") - Manual trigger detected, exiting."
            exit 2
          fi
          echo "$(date +"$TIMESTAMP_FORMAT") - Resource not updated, sleeping for 10 minutes"
          sleep $((60 * 10)) # Sleep for 10 minutes
        done
        echo "$(date +"$TIMESTAMP_FORMAT") - Resource update not detected within time limit."
        exit 1