Service update.checker.service

Description

This services checks if a new version of the API is available. If yes, it will tell the frontend to display a popup where you can download the new version.

Functional scheme

get_update_status (backend)

Signature

[[nodiscard]] nlohmann::json get_update_status() const noexcept;

Description

Makes an HTTP request to the API endpoint to get version data.

If request succeeded, returns a JSON object with the following structure:

rpc_code: unsigned short
current_version: char*
update_needed: bool

In case of failure, returns a JSON object with the following structure:

status: std::string

update_status (frontend)

Description

Corresponds to the JSON object returned by get_update_status() function

Example

readonly property bool status_good: API.app.update_status.rpc_code === 200