initial autoupdate support:

- add support via electron-updater, use electron-log for logging
- targets: update to dmg+zip and nsis to support autoupdater
- run autoupdate check on load

CHANGES.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 v1.3.4
 - Loading: Fix loading local files in App
 - Fidelity: Latest wabac.js
+- Autoupdate: Add initial support for auto-updating
 
 v1.3.3
 - UI: Component customization improvements, update to latest wabac.js

package.json

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^5.13.0",
     "@webrecorder/wabac": "^2.3.6",
     "bulma": "^0.9.0",
+    "electron-log": "^4.3.0",
+    "electron-updater": "^4.3.5",
     "fetch-ndjson": "^1.1.0",
     "flexsearch": "^0.6.32",
     "ipfs-core": "^0.2.0",
@@ -88,7 +90,10 @@
     },
     "mac": {
       "category": "public.app-category.utilities",
-      "target": "dmg",
+      "target": [
+        "dmg",
+        "zip"
+      ],
       "hardenedRuntime": true,
       "gatekeeperAssess": false,
       "entitlements": "build/entitlements.mac.plist",
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@
       ]
     },
     "win": {
-      "target": "portable",
+      "target": "nsis",
       "extraResources": [
         "plugins-win"
       ]

src/electron-replay-app.js

@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import { IPFSClient } from '@webrecorder/wabac/src/ipfs';
 
 import { PassThrough, Readable } from 'stream';
 
+import { autoUpdater } from "electron-updater";
+import log from "electron-log";
+
 import mime from 'mime-types';
 
 global.Headers = Headers;
@@ -158,7 +161,15 @@ class ElectronReplayApp
     });
   }
 
+  checkUpdates() {
+    autoUpdater.logger = log;
+    autoUpdater.logger.transports.file.level = 'info';
+    autoUpdater.checkForUpdatesAndNotify();
+  }
+
   onAppReady() {
+    this.checkUpdates();
+
     this.screenSize = screen.getPrimaryDisplay().workAreaSize;
 
     app.on('web-contents-created', (event, contents) => {

yarn.lock

@@ -552,6 +552,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/pvutils/-/pvutils-0.0.2.tgz#e21684962cfa58ac920fd576d90556032dc86009"
   integrity sha512-CgQAm7pjyeF3Gnv78ty4RBVIfluB+Td+2DR8iPaU0prF18pkzptHHP+DoKPfpsJYknKsVZyVsJEu5AuGgAqQ5w==
 
+"@types/semver@^7.3.1":
+  version "7.3.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/semver/-/semver-7.3.4.tgz#43d7168fec6fa0988bb1a513a697b29296721afb"
+  integrity sha512-+nVsLKlcUCeMzD2ufHEYuJ9a2ovstb6Dp52A5VsoKxDXgvE051XgHI/33I1EymwkRGQkwnA0LkhnUzituGs4EQ==
+
 "@types/yargs-parser@*":
   version "15.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/yargs-parser/-/yargs-parser-15.0.0.tgz#cb3f9f741869e20cce330ffbeb9271590483882d"
@@ -1569,6 +1574,14 @@ builder-util-runtime@8.7.1:
     debug "^4.2.0"
     sax "^1.2.4"
 
+builder-util-runtime@8.7.2:
+  version "8.7.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builder-util-runtime/-/builder-util-runtime-8.7.2.tgz#d93afc71428a12789b437e13850e1fa7da956d72"
+  integrity sha512-xBqv+8bg6cfnzAQK1k3OGpfaHg+QkPgIgpEkXNhouZ0WiUkyZCftuRc2LYzQrLucFywpa14Xbc6+hTbpq83yRA==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^4.1.1"
+    sax "^1.2.4"
+
 builder-util@22.7.0:
   version "22.7.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builder-util/-/builder-util-22.7.0.tgz#0776a66e6d6e408a78bed7f17a7ad22516d9e7f0"
@@ -2711,6 +2724,11 @@ electron-builder@^22.7.0:
     update-notifier "^4.1.0"
     yargs "^15.3.1"
 
+electron-log@^4.3.0:
+  version "4.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-log/-/electron-log-4.3.0.tgz#6e841a5c9af34ed3ca83e5a8a4156fdc39bed464"
+  integrity sha512-iuJjH/ZEJkDyCbuAMvvFxAjCMDLMXIQ5NqvppETGrbtf4b/007r5P36BSvexdy0UzwDNzDtIuEXLR34vRXWZrg==
+
 electron-notarize@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-notarize/-/electron-notarize-1.0.0.tgz#bc925b1ccc3f79e58e029e8c4706572b01a9fd8f"
@@ -2733,6 +2751,19 @@ electron-publish@22.7.0:
     lazy-val "^1.0.4"
     mime "^2.4.5"
 
+electron-updater@^4.3.5:
+  version "4.3.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-updater/-/electron-updater-4.3.5.tgz#4fb36f593a031c87ea07ee141c9f064d5deffb15"
+  integrity sha512-5jjN7ebvfj1cLI0VZMdCnJk6aC4bP+dy7ryBf21vArR0JzpRVk0OZHA2QBD+H5rm6ZSeDYHOY6+8PrMEqJ4wlQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/semver" "^7.3.1"
+    builder-util-runtime "8.7.2"
+    fs-extra "^9.0.1"
+    js-yaml "^3.14.0"
+    lazy-val "^1.0.4"
+    lodash.isequal "^4.5.0"
+    semver "^7.3.2"
+
 electron@^10.1.3:
   version "10.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron/-/electron-10.1.3.tgz#7e276e373bf30078bd4cb1184850a91268dc0e6c"
@@ -5928,6 +5959,11 @@ lodash.get@^4.4.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.get/-/lodash.get-4.4.2.tgz#2d177f652fa31e939b4438d5341499dfa3825e99"
   integrity sha1-LRd/ZS+jHpObRDjVNBSZ36OCXpk=
 
+lodash.isequal@^4.5.0:
+  version "4.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.isequal/-/lodash.isequal-4.5.0.tgz#415c4478f2bcc30120c22ce10ed3226f7d3e18e0"
+  integrity sha1-QVxEePK8wwEgwizhDtMib30+GOA=
+
 lodash.max@4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.max/-/lodash.max-4.0.1.tgz#8735566c618b35a9f760520b487ae79658af136a"