# Import json parsing and urllib import json import urllib.request # Import subprocess for running dpkg import subprocess # Endpoint for the latest release API_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/obsidianmd/obsidian-releases/releases/latest" # DEB file name, will be filled in later DEB_NAME = "" # URL for the latest deb file, will be filled in later DEB_URL = "" # Version number, will be filled in later DEB_VERSION = "" # Installed version number, will be filled in later INSTALLED_VERSION = "" # Get the latest release from the API with urllib.request.urlopen(API_URL) as url: data = json.loads(url.read().decode()) assets = data["assets"] for asset in assets if asset["name"].endswith(".deb"): DEB_NAME = asset["name"] DEB_URL = asset["browser_download_url"] # Parse the version number from the deb file name # Example: obsidian_0.12.15_amd64.deb -> 0.12.15 DEB_VERSION = DEB_NAME.split("_")[1] print("Latest version: " + DEB_VERSION) # Get the installed version number by parsing the output of dpkg -s obsidian output = subprocess.run(["dpkg", "-s", "obsidian"], capture_output=True) # Parse the output for the version number # Example: Version: 0.12.15 for line in output.stdout.decode().split("\n"): if line.startswith("Version:"): INSTALLED_VERSION = line.split(" ")[1] print("Installed version: " + INSTALLED_VERSION) def semver_check_new(old, new): # Split the version numbers into arrays of numbers old_split = old.split(".") new_split = new.split(".") # Loop through the numbers for i in range(len(old_split)): # If the new version is higher, return true if int(new_split[i]) > int(old_split[i]): return True # If the new version is the same or lower, return false return False # Check if the new version is higher than the installed version if semver_check_new(INSTALLED_VERSION, DEB_VERSION): print("New version available!") # Download the deb file urllib.request.urlretrieve(DEB_URL, DEB_NAME) # Install the deb file subprocess.run(["pkexec", "apt", "install", f"./{DEB_NAME}"]) # Remove the deb file subprocess.run(["rm", DEB_NAME]) else: print("No new version available")