diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
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+name: PythonKorAPClient CI unit test
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 4
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+        r-version: [3.6, 4.0]
+        os: [macOS-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        exclude:
+            # os: windows-latest
+            # python-version: 3.8
+          - python-version: 3.5
+          - os: windows-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Set up R ${{ matrix.r-version }}
+      uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@master
+      with:
+        r-version: ${{ matrix.r-version }}
+    - name: Cache R packages
+      uses: actions/cache@v1
+      with:
+        path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-r-${{ matrix.config.r }}-${{ hashFiles('DESCRIPTION') }}
+    - name: Install Linux system dependencies
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update -y
+        sudo apt-get install -y libglpk-dev libjq-dev libv8-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev libsodium-dev python3-rpy2 python3-pandas
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+    - name: Install windows dependencies
+      if: runner.os == 'Windows' && matrix.python-version == '3.8'
+      run: |
+        echo "Bug in setuptools requires update"
+        python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pycparser wheel
+    - name: Install package
+      run: |
+        python setup.py install
+    - name: Test with pytest on POSIX
+      if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+      run: |
+        export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(python -m rpy2.situation LD_LIBRARY_PATH):${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+        pip install pytest codecov pytest-cov ipython
+        ./scripts/run_tests.sh
+    - name: Test with pytest on Windows
+      if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+      run: |
+        pip install pytest codecov pytest-cov ipython
+        ./scripts/run_tests.sh
diff --git a/install_r_packages.r b/install_r_packages.r
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+++ b/install_r_packages.r
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+args <- commandArgs(trailingOnly = TRUE)
+
+repos <- "https://cran.rstudio.com" 
+
+install.packages(args, repos = repos)
diff --git a/scripts/R_run.bat b/scripts/R_run.bat
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+++ b/scripts/R_run.bat
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+set R_USER=C:\R
+set R_HOME=C:\R
+set PATH=%R_HOME%\bin\i386;%PATH%
+set
+python %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
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+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+sudo Rscript ./install_r_packages.r RKorAPClient
+
+pytest \
+    --cov-append \
+    KorAPClient/tests