Update checker?

[whitestar]

Is there a way to make a update checker? I've seen somewhere in a addon one, it used net library(which I dont understand yet :x) I dont remember which it was, nor did I understand the check function..?

[zerf]

Yeah. Most people http.Fetch a version.txt file in their github repo and compare it to a local version.txt file.

[Acecool]

My addons have an update checker.. I also released the .bat file which updates the version.txt

Feel free to use it them: [url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/acecooldev_base/src/[/url]
[url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/acecooldev_networking/src/[/url]

[url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/acecooldev_networking/src/master/lua/acecooldev_networking/server/sv_check_version.lua?at=master[/url]

or

[url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/acecooldev_base/src/master/gamemode/addons/_version_control/sv_check_version.lua?at=master[/url]

Version Control System.. You may need to update some of the paths but this'll help manage the version.txt...
[url]https://bitbucket.org/Acecool/version-updater-tool/src[/url]

[whitestar]

I experiemented a bit with http.fetch, and found a easier way, which is just 4-5 lines of code ;-; #CaseClosed

[whitestar]

For everybody who wants the small code:

AddCSLuaFile()
include("cl_config.lua")
http.Fetch(settings.verurl, function(body, len, headers, code) -- replace settings.verurl with your file url
	version 	= 	{}
	version.l 	=	"0.0.0" -- set your local version
	version.o 	=	body -- sets official version to the file content
	
end)

You can do the checkers on your own, I got like this:

if version.l != version.o then
		-- Code here
	end