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+name: database
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  database-creation:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    services:
+      # Label used to access the service container
+      postgres:
+        image: postgres
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
+        # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd pg_isready
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          # Maps tcp port 5432 on service container to the host
+          - 5432:5432
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip3 install mariadb
+
+      - name: Connect to PostgreSQL
+        run: python3 database/db-creation.py
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_HOST: postgres
+          POSTGRES_PORT: 5432