build(deps): bump the api reqs and test Procfile in CI

Minimally run the command in Procfile in CI, with two trivial queries.
Unit testing covers the API calls in a more efficient way, but we also
want to make sure the command in Procfile remains functional.

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ jobs:
           coverage combine
           coverage xml
 
+      - name: Exercise the Heroku Procfile
+        run: |
+          cmd=$(grep web: Procfile | cut -d' ' -f2-)
+          echo "Running $cmd"
+          $cmd &
+          curl --retry 20 --retry-delay 1 --retry-all-errors http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/docs | grep SwaggerUIBundle
+          curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/v1/langs | grep Cree
+          kill %1
+
       - name: Nitpicking
         run: |
           # coding style: we want black compliance

requirements.api.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # These are dependencies required by the production Web API
 # gunivorn is only available on *nix, but it's only required for production deployments
-gunicorn
+gunicorn>=22.0.0
 # uvicorn works on all platforms and is required for both dev and prod deployments
-uvicorn
+uvicorn>=0.30.1
 # For deployment on Heroku, we want the latest g2p off GitHub
 g2p @ git+https://github.com/roedoejet/g2p.git@main