NPA-4334: Upgrade Repo To Use Python 3.9

Author: LeoKHoward

.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml

@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # This causes all history to be fetched, which is required for calculate-version to function	
+          fetch-depth: 0  # This causes all history to be fetched, which is required for calculate-version to function
 
-      - name: Install Python 3.8
+      - name: Install Python 3.9
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
 
       - name: Upgrade python pip
-        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip 
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 
       - name: Install git
         run: pip install gitpython

.github/workflows/sandbox-checks.yaml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
         run: pipx install poetry
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
+          python-version: '3.9'
           cache: 'poetry'
       - name: Install Sandbox dependencies
         run: make install

DEVELOPMENT_GUIDE.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ This documentation is intended for developers to develop the schema, sandbox and
 -   GNU make
 -   nodejs 22+
     -   npm 10.8+
--   Python 3.8 +
+-   Python 3.9 +
     -   [poetry](https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry) 1.8+
 -   Java 8+
 

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM python:3.8
+FROM python:3.9
 
 COPY ./specification/examples/responses /sandbox/api/examples
 COPY ./sandbox /sandbox

poetry.lock

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ homepage = "https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue"
 keywords = ["healthcare", "uk", "nhs"] #TODO add additional keywords
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.ci.dependencies]
 flake8 = "^3.7.9"

pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ authors = []
 package-mode = false
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.8"
+python = "^3.9"
 gunicorn = "^22.0.0"
 flask = "^3.0.2"
 pyyaml = "^6.0.2"