COH-32107 - Create a GitHub workflow action for running Python examples

Author: dhirupandey

.github/workflows/run-examples.yaml

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+# Copyright 2025, Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.
+# Licensed under the Universal Permissive License v 1.0 as shown at
+# https://oss.oracle.com/licenses/upl.
+
+name: Run Examples
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 5 * * *"
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+jobs:
+  run-examples:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9.x"]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        coherence-image:
+          - ghcr.io/oracle/coherence-ce
+        coherenceVersion:
+          - 25.03
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Get Docker Images
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker pull ${{ matrix.coherence-image }}:${{ matrix.coherenceVersion }}
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Install Coherence Python Client
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install coherence-client
+          pip install sentence-transformers    # required for vector_search example
+
+      - name: Start the Server using image
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker run -d -p 1408:1408 ${{ matrix.coherence-image }}:${{ matrix.coherenceVersion }}
+
+      - name: Run the example
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          python3 basics.py
+