Function getLatestReleaseNameFromGitHub

cli/update_check.go:106–134

getLatestReleaseNameFromGitHub gets the name of the release marked 'latest' on GitHub.

(ctx context.Context)

// getLatestReleaseNameFromGitHub gets the name of the release marked 'latest' on GitHub.
func getLatestReleaseNameFromGitHub(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, githubTimeout)
	defer cancel()

	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, fmt.Sprintf(latestReleaseGitHubURLFormat, repo.BuildGitHubRepo), http.NoBody)
	if err != nil {
		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "unable to get latest release from github")
	}

	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "unable to get latest release from github")
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close() //nolint:errcheck

	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
		return "", errors.Errorf("invalid status code from GitHub: %v", resp.StatusCode)
	}

	var responseObject struct {
		Name string `json:"name"`
	}

	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&responseObject); err != nil {
		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "invalid GitHub API response")
	}

	return responseObject.Name, nil
}

// verifyGitHubReleaseIsComplete downloads checksum file to verify that the release is complete.
func verifyGitHubReleaseIsComplete(ctx context.Context, releaseName string) error {