forkup

Updater for forked Beaker sites. It simply checks the version in package.json and downloads a set of files from the upstream.

installation

npm i -S forkup

example

package.json:

{
    "update": {
        "url": "dat://b89507488b68892978dcdc6cb32e21040b2cd0fdcd304c502e17289aad10d95e/",
        "files": [
            "/bundle.js"
        ]
    }
}
 

Somewhere in your project:

const update = require('forkup')
 
update() // with package.json (recommended)
update('dat://b89507488b68892978dcdc6cb32e21040b2cd0fdcd304c502e17289aad10d95e/', ['/bundle.js']) // alternatively, without package.json (not recommended)

usage

Add an "update" field to your package.json (located in the root folder).

{
    "update": {
        "url": "<upstream dat url>",
        "files": [
            "<file>",
            "<file>"
        ]
    }
}

I usually add an /update route to my Choo pages that calls this method. See in solo.

Alternatively you can use the check and update functions separately.

api

forkup([dat_url, files])

Parameters required only if not using package.json. Updates every file in files if the version is less then the version at dat_url (the URL of the upstream site).

check([dat_url])

Parameter required only if not using package.json. Checks if update is available. If yes returns an Array, else false.

update(archives, [files])

files is only required if not using package.json. archives is the output of check. Does the update.