@syncthetic/electron-auto-updater v1.0.4
ElectronAutoUpdate
Use this NPM module inside your Electron application, requesting information from an ElectronAutoUpdateAPI to fetch application version information, download links, or more.
This repository was created along side the following repositories to streamline Electron application updates.
ElectronAutoUpdateAPI
Quick start a MongoDB REST API for your applications. This API can be used to trigger automatic updates and more
ElectronAutoUpdateClient
If you use MongoDB Stitch for your application, you can simply login with this application to manage all of your applications. i.e, change version information which causes applications using ElectronAutoUpdate to fire events if it's outdated.
Getting Started
npm i --save @syncthetic/electron-auto-updater
In your your main file, when the application starts, import the service
const UpdateService = require('@syncthetic/electron-auto-updater')
The UpdateService
contains a check_app_version(api, version, callback)
method, which should be supplied an API link, the current version, and the callback method for when the action completes. The full response from the API is passed to the callback function.
If you are using your own API, just make sure the application it returns holds a property of
version
, which is the latest application version.callback
will only fire if the app is outdated.
service.check_app_version("http://my-little-website/api/application/my-app-name", '0.0.1',
(res) => {
// something to do with the result here, like open a download toast
}
)
Getting Started with Angular-Electron
If you use are using angular-electron for your application the following steps will get you squared away
install the packagenpm i --save @syncthetic/electron-auto-updater
edit /src/app/providers/electron.service.ts
import * as UpdateService from '@syncthetic/electron-auto-updater'
@Injectable()
export class ElectronService {
...
UpdateService
constructor() {
// Conditional imports
...
this.UpdateService = window.require('@syncthetic/electron-auto-updater')
}
}
An example of our own service to handle updates
import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
import { ElectronService } from '../../providers/electron.service';
@Injectable({
providedIn: 'root'
})
export class UpdateService {
constructor(
public electronService: ElectronService,
) { }
private currentVersion: string
private currentName: string
private api: string
public isAppVersionOld: boolean
public latestAppVersion: string
public newDownloadLink: string
public latestApp: any
check () {
this.currentVersion = this.electronService.remote.app.getVersion()
this.currentName = this.electronService.remote.app.getName()
this.api = `http://my-little-api.com/api/application/${this.currentName}`
this.electronService.UpdateService.check_app_version(this.api, this.currentVersion, (app) => {
this.isAppVersionOld = app.version !== this.currentVersion
this.latestAppVersion = app.version
this.newDownloadLink = app.download
this.latestApp = app
})
}
requestDownload () {
window.open(this.newDownloadLink)
}
}
In a main process, during load you can run UpdateService.check()
in your component view, you can utilize UpdateService.requestDownload() to start a download if desired.