cordova-plugin-hotpushes

Download and cache remotely hosted content.

This plugin is a work in progress and it is not production ready. PR welcome.

Installation

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-hotpushes

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS
• WP8

Examples

• Replace example
• Merge example

API

HotPush.sync(options)

Parameter	Description
options.src	String URL to hot push endpoint
options.versionFileName	String Name of the json file containing the version information
options.type	String (Optional) Defines the hot push strategy applied to the content. The type HOTPUSH_TYPE.REPLACE is the default behaviour that completely removes existing content then copies new content from a zip file. The type HOTPUSH_TYPE.MERGE will download and replace only content which has changed.
options.headers	Object (Optional) Set of headers to use when requesting the remote content from options.src.
options.archiveURL	String (Mandatory if options.type === Hotpush.HOTPUSH_TYPE.REPLACE) URL of the zip containing the files to hot push.
options.documentsPath	Object (Optional) Path to the Documents folder (useful for WKWebView)
options.checkType	String (Optional) Set to Hotpush.HOTPUSH_CHECK_TYPE.VERSION if you want to use the version number in your version.json instead of timestamp
options.debug	Boolean (Optional) Print debug information in the console

Returns

• Instance of HotPush.

Example

var hotpushes = HotPush.sync({
  src: 'http://myserver/hot/',
  versionFileName: 'version.json',
  type: Hotpush.HOTPUSH_TYPE.REPLACE,
  archiveURL: 'http://myserver/hot/assets.zip'
});

hotpushes.loadWaitingLocalFiles()

Load the local files at position -1 (see version.json).

Parameter	Description
no parameters

hotpushes.loadAllLocalFiles()

Load the local files at position >= 0.

Parameter	Description
no parameters

hotpushes.check()

Check if there is a new version available on the server.

Parameter	Description
no parameters

hotpushes.update()

Download the files on the server.

Parameter	Description
no parameters

hotpushes.on(event, callback)

Parameter	Description
event	String Name of the event to listen to. See below for all the event names.
callback	Function is called when the event is triggered.

hotpushes.on('updateFound', callback)

The event updateFound will be triggered when a new update is found on the server.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('updateFound', function() {
  hotpushes.update();
});

hotpushes.on('noUpdateFound', callback)

The event noUpdateFound will be triggered when no new update is found on the server.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('noUpdateFound', function() {
  alert('All good!');
});

hotpushes.on('progress', callback)

The event progress will be triggered on each update as the native platform downloads and caches the content.

Callback Parameter	Description
data.progress	Integer Progress percentage between 0 - 100. The progress includes all actions required to cache the remote content locally. This is different on each platform, but often includes requesting, downloading, and extracting the cached content along with any system cleanup tasks.
data.status	Integer Enumeration of PROGRESS_STATE to describe the current progress state.

Example

hotpushes.on('progress', function(data) {
    // data.progress
    // data.status
});

hotpushes.on('updateComplete', callback)

The event updateComplete will be triggered when the content has been successfully cached onto the device.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('updateComplete', function() {
  location.reload();
});

hotpushes.on('error', callback)

The event error will trigger when an internal error occurs and the cache is aborted.

Callback Parameter	Description
e	Error Standard JavaScript error object that describes the error.

Example

hotpushes.on('error', function(e) {
    // e.message
});

hotpushes.on('cancel', callback)

The event cancel will trigger when hotpushes.cancel is called.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('cancel', function() {
    // user cancelled the hot push
});

hotpushes.cancel()

Cancels the content sync operation and triggers the cancel callback.

HotPush.PROGRESS_STATE

An enumeration that describes the current progress state.

Integer	Description
0	STOPPED
1	DOWNLOADING
2	EXTRACTING
3	COMPLETE

HotPush.HOTPUSH_TYPE

An enumeration that describes the type of hotpush to perform.

String	Description
merge	MERGE
replace	REPLACE

HotPush.HOTPUSH_CHECK_TYPE

An enumeration that describes the field to look at in the version.json file.

String	Description
version	VERSION
timestamp	TIMESTAMP