Make download data a Python script instead of Bash (#725)

.github/workflows/docs.yaml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: download data
         run: |
           conda activate test-environment
-          bash scripts/download_data.sh
+          python download_data.py
       - name: generate rst
         run: |
           conda activate test-environment

.github/workflows/test.yaml

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ jobs:
         if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
           conda activate test-environment
-          bash scripts/download_data.sh
+          python scripts/download_data.py
       - name: git describe
         if: needs.setup.outputs.code_change == 'true'
         run: |
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: download data
         run: |
           # conda activate test-environment
-          bash scripts/download_data.sh
+          python scripts/download_data.py
       - name: doit test_unit
         run: |
           # conda activate test-environment

scripts/download_data.py

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from contextlib import suppress
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import bokeh.sampledata
+
+BASE_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]
+
+bokeh.sampledata.download()
+
+with suppress(ImportError):
+    import pyct.cmd
+
+    pyct.cmd.fetch_data(
+        name="data",
+        path=str(BASE_PATH / "examples"),
+        datasets="datasets.yml",
+    )
+
+
+with suppress(ImportError):
+    import geodatasets as gds
+
+    gds.get_path("geoda airbnb")
+    gds.get_path("nybb")
+
+
+with suppress(ImportError):
+    import pooch  # noqa: F401
+    import scipy  # noqa: F401
+    import xarray as xr
+
+    xr.tutorial.open_dataset("air_temperature")
+    xr.tutorial.open_dataset("rasm")