issue usabilla#135

* adds python flake8 linting via github actions

.github/workflows/linting.yml

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+name: Python Linting
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Set up Python 3.7
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.7
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        pip install flake8
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics