diff --git a/.github/test.sh b/.github/test.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# thx: https://stackoverflow.com/a/27601038
+waitport() {
+    ATTEMPTS=50
+    while [ $((ATTEMPTS-=1)) -gt 0 ] && ! nc -z localhost $1; do   
+        sleep 0.1
+    done
+
+    [ "$ATTEMPTS" != 0 ] || exit 1
+}
+
+test_api() {
+    waitport 3000
+    curl -m 3 http://localhost:3000/api/serverInfo
+    API_RESPONSE=$(curl -m 3 http://localhost:3000/api/json \
+         -X POST \
+         -H "Accept: application/json" \
+         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+         -d '{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw"}')
+
+    echo "$API_RESPONSE"
+    STATUS=$(echo "$API_RESPONSE" | jq -r .status)
+    STREAM_URL=$(echo "$API_RESPONSE" | jq -r .url)
+    [ "$STATUS" = stream ] || exit 1;
+
+    CONTENT_LENGTH=$(curl -I -m 3 "$STREAM_URL" \
+                        | grep -i content-length \
+                        | cut -d' ' -f2 \
+                        | tr -d '\r')
+
+    echo "$CONTENT_LENGTH"
+    [ "$CONTENT_LENGTH" = 0 ] && exit 1
+    if [ "$CONTENT_LENGTH" -lt 512 ]; then
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+test_web() {
+    waitport 3001
+    curl -m 3 http://127.0.0.1:3001/onDemand?blockId=0 \
+        | grep -q '"status":"success"' 
+}
+
+setup_api() {
+    export API_PORT=3000
+    export API_URL=http://localhost:3000
+    timeout 10 npm run start
+}
+
+setup_web() {
+    export WEB_PORT=3001
+    export WEB_URL=http://localhost:3001
+    export API_URL=http://localhost:3000
+    timeout 5 npm run start
+}
+
+cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+npm i
+
+if [ "$1" = "api" ]; then
+    setup_api &
+    test_api
+elif [ "$1" = "web" ]; then
+    setup_web &
+    test_web
+else
+    echo "usage: $0 <api/web>" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+wait || exit $?
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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+name: Run tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [ current ]
+
+jobs:
+  test-web:
+    name: web sanity check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run test script
+        run: .github/test.sh web
+
+  test-api:
+    name: api sanity check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run test script
+        run: .github/test.sh api
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