Method checkForUpdate

syncplay/client.py:1156–1186

(self, userInitiated)

            return self.controlpasswords[room]

    def checkForUpdate(self, userInitiated):
        try:
            import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error, syncplay, sys, json, platform
            try:
                architecture = platform.architecture()[0]
            except:
                architecture = "Unknown"
            try:
                machine = platform.machine()
            except:
                machine = "Unknown"
            params = urllib.parse.urlencode({'version': syncplay.version, 'milestone': syncplay.milestone, 'release_number': syncplay.release_number, 'language': syncplay.messages.messages["CURRENT"], 'platform': sys.platform, 'architecture': architecture, 'machine': machine, 'userInitiated': userInitiated})
            if isMacOS():
                import requests
                response = requests.get(constants.SYNCPLAY_UPDATE_URL.format(params))
                response = response.text
            else:
                f = urllib.request.urlopen(constants.SYNCPLAY_UPDATE_URL.format(params))
                response = f.read()
                response = response.decode('utf-8')
            response = response.replace("<p>", "").replace("</p>", "").replace("<br />", "").replace("&#8220;", "\"").replace("&#8221;", "\"")  # Fix Wordpress
            response = json.loads(response)
            publicServers = None
            if response["public-servers"]:
                publicServers = response["public-servers"].\
                    replace("&#8221;", "'").replace(":&#8217;", "'").replace("&#8217;", "'").replace("&#8242;", "'").replace("\n", "").replace("\r", "")
                publicServers = ast.literal_eval(publicServers)
            return response["version-status"], response["version-message"] if "version-message" in response\
                else None, response["version-url"] if "version-url" in response else None, publicServers
        except Exception as e:
            return "failed", str(e)+"\n-----\n"+getMessage("update-check-failed-notification").format(syncplay.version), constants.SYNCPLAY_DOWNLOAD_URL, None

    class _WarningManager(object):
        def __init__(self, player, userlist, ui, client):