version-checker

A simplistic Node.js script which checks for new versions of software on Github.

Configuration

There's a config.js file in the project directory. There are two configurable values:

• versionsPath
• sourcesPath
• slackHook

An example file .env.example is available to see what's expected.

Hook to Updated Event

Whenever software has been updated, the script uses an event listener to call home to Slack. You can customize it, such as adding functionality or changing the way it calls Slack (currently by Incoming WebHooks).

You can find the listener in src/events/listeners/VersionEventListener.js

Adding Github Repositories to Watch

Simply add the repository org and name as an entry inside the config/sources.json file. Please note, however, that the config value sourcesPath can be used to override where it reads its sources from.

Example:

{
  "github": [
    "rollup/rollup"
  ]
}

Running Once

By default, version-checker stays open and runs daily at 10AM.

To disable this functionality and just run once, start version-checker with the env var DISABLE_SCHEDULER set to yes.

DISABLE_SCHEDULER=yes node .