Here is the python script for publishing to NPM in my Github actions

publish_to_npm.py

import os
import subprocess

def publish_to_npm():
    print("CHECKING NPM TOKEN!!")
    npm_token = os.getenv("NPM_TOKEN")
    if not npm_token:
        print("NPM_TOKEN is not set. Exiting...")
        exit(-1)
    print(f"NPM_TOKEN: {npm_token}")

    print("Publishing to NPM...")

    # Check if NVM is installed
    nvm_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.nvm/nvm.sh")
    if not os.path.exists(nvm_path):
        print("This build requires NVM to be installed.")
        exit(-1)

    # Install NVM
    print("Installing NVM...")
    os.environ["NVM_DIR"] = os.path.expanduser("~/.nvm")
    subprocess.run(["bash", "-c", f"source {nvm_path} && nvm install"], check=True)

    # Check if yarn.lock exists, create if not
    if not os.path.exists("yarn.lock"):
        print("yarn.lock not found, creating an empty yarn.lock file...")
        with open("yarn.lock", "w") as lockfile:
            lockfile.write("")
    
        subprocess.run(["yarn", "add", "--dev", "@react-native-community/bob"], check=True)
    else:
        print("'bob' is already installed, proceeding to publish.")

    # Run npm publish --dry-run to check for any issues
    print("Performing npm publish dry-run...")
    dry_run_result = subprocess.run(["npm", "publish", "--dry-run"], check=False)
    if dry_run_result.returncode == 0:
        print("Dry-run successful, proceeding to actual publish.")
        publish_result = subprocess.run(["npm", "publish"], check=False)
        if publish_result.returncode == 0:
            print("NPM PUBLISH SUCCEEDED!")
        else:
            print("NPM PUBLISH FAILED!")
            exit(-1)
    else:
        print("Dry-run failed. Please fix the issues before attempting to publish.")
        exit(-1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    publish_to_npm()