package updater import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "net/http" "net/url" ) // GenericUpdateInfo holds the information from a latest.json file. // This file is expected to be at the root of a generic HTTP update server. type GenericUpdateInfo struct { Version string `json:"version"` // The version number of the update. URL string `json:"url"` // The URL to download the update from. } // GetLatestUpdateFromURL fetches and parses a latest.json file from a base URL. // The server at the baseURL should host a 'latest.json' file that contains // the version and download URL for the latest update. // // Example of latest.json: // // { // "version": "1.2.3", // "url": "https://your-server.com/path/to/release-asset" // } func GetLatestUpdateFromURL(baseURL string) (*GenericUpdateInfo, error) { u, err := url.Parse(baseURL) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid base URL: %w", err) } // Append latest.json to the path u.Path += "/latest.json" resp, err := http.Get(u.String()) if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch latest.json: %w", err) } defer resp.Body.Close() if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch latest.json: status code %d", resp.StatusCode) } var info GenericUpdateInfo if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&info); err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse latest.json: %w", err) } if info.Version == "" || info.URL == "" { return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid latest.json content: version or url is missing") } return &info, nil }