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+name: Django CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.11, 3.12]
+
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:8
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: test_db
+          MYSQL_USER: ci_user
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: ci_pass
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping -h localhost -proot"
+          --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=10
+
+    env:
+      SECRET_KEY: test-secret-key
+      DEBUG: "False"
+      DB_NAME: test_db
+      DB_USER: ci_user
+      DB_PASSWORD: ci_pass
+      DB_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+      DB_PORT: "3306"
+      DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: lms_api.settings
+      PYTHONUNBUFFERED: 1
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          cache: 'pip'
+
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y default-libmysqlclient-dev build-essential
+
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        working-directory: django_api/lms_api
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then 
+            pip install -r requirements.txt
+          else 
+            pip install django djangorestframework django-filter drf-yasg python-decouple mysqlclient pytest pytest-django pytest-cov coverage factory_boy faker
+          fi
+
+      - name: Wait for MySQL to be ready
+        run: |
+          echo "Waiting for MySQL to be ready..."
+          for i in {1..30}; do
+            mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -uroot -proot >/dev/null 2>&1 && break
+            echo "waiting for mysql..."
+            sleep 2
+          done
+
+      - name: Create .env file
+        working-directory: django_api/lms_api
+        run: |
+          echo "SECRET_KEY=test-secret-key" > .env
+          echo "DEBUG=False" >> .env
+          echo "DB_NAME=test_db" >> .env
+          echo "DB_USER=ci_user" >> .env
+          echo "DB_PASSWORD=ci_pass" >> .env
+          echo "DB_HOST=127.0.0.1" >> .env
+          echo "DB_PORT=3306" >> .env
+
+      - name: Run migrations
+        working-directory: django_api/lms_api
+        run: python manage.py migrate --noinput
+
+      - name: Run tests with coverage
+        working-directory: django_api/lms_api
+        run: pytest --cov=library --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term -v
+
+      - name: Upload coverage report
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: coverage-report-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          path: django_api/lms_api/coverage.xml