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Author: grst

.github/workflows/make-tutorials-json.yml

@@ -25,15 +25,13 @@ jobs:
           filter: blob:none
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
-          cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
-      - name: Install dependencies for validation script
-        run: pip install .[registry]
+          cache-dependency-glob: pyproject.toml
       - name: Execute validation script and create output directory
         run: |
-          ./tutorial-registry/validate.py --outdir=build
+          uv run validate --outdir=build
 
       - name: Upload GitHub Pages artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3

tutorial-registry/validate.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 
 def _check_url_exists(url: str) -> None:
-    response = httpx.get(url)
+    response = httpx.head(url, follow_redirects=True)
     if response.status_code != 200:
         raise ValueError(f"URL {url} is not reachable (error {response.status_code}). ")