diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
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+name: pytest
+on:
+  - push
+  - pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  pytest:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - run: pip install pytest
+      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - run: ln -s ../growattServer tests/growattServer 
+      - run: pytest tests --doctest-modules --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+requests