Update version check to use releases from gh api instead of tags, add 5 minute buffer between checking for new releases

client/layouts/default.vue

@@ -485,6 +485,25 @@ export default {
     },
     resize() {
       this.$store.commit('globals/updateWindowSize', { width: window.innerWidth, height: window.innerHeight })
+    },
+    checkVersionUpdate() {
+      // Version check is only run if time since last check was 5 minutes
+      const VERSION_CHECK_BUFF = 1000 * 60 * 5 // 5 minutes
+      var lastVerCheck = localStorage.getItem('lastVerCheck') || 0
+      if (Date.now() - Number(lastVerCheck) > VERSION_CHECK_BUFF) {
+        this.$store
+          .dispatch('checkForUpdate')
+          .then((res) => {
+            localStorage.setItem('lastVerCheck', Date.now())
+            if (res && res.hasUpdate) this.showUpdateToast(res)
+          })
+          .catch((err) => console.error(err))
+
+        if (this.$route.query.error) {
+          this.$toast.error(this.$route.query.error)
+          this.$router.replace(this.$route.path)
+        }
+      }
     }
   },
   beforeMount() {
@@ -503,17 +522,7 @@ export default {
       this.$store.commit('setExperimentalFeatures', true)
     }
 
-    this.$store
+    this.checkVersionUpdate()
-      .dispatch('checkForUpdate')
-      .then((res) => {
-        if (res && res.hasUpdate) this.showUpdateToast(res)
-      })
-      .catch((err) => console.error(err))
-
-    if (this.$route.query.error) {
-      this.$toast.error(this.$route.query.error)
-      this.$router.replace(this.$route.path)
-    }
   },
   beforeDestroy() {
     window.removeEventListener('resize', this.resize)

client/plugins/version.js

@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ export async function checkForUpdate() {
     return
   }
   var largestVer = null
-  await axios.get(`https://api.github.com/repos/advplyr/audiobookshelf/tags`).then((res) => {
+  await axios.get(`https://api.github.com/repos/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases`).then((res) => {
-    var tags = res.data
+    var releases = res.data
-    if (tags && tags.length) {
+    if (releases && releases.length) {
-      tags.forEach((tag) => {
+      releases.forEach((release) => {
-        var verObj = parseSemver(tag.name)
+        var tagName = release.tag_name
+        var verObj = parseSemver(tagName)
         if (verObj) {
           if (!largestVer || largestVer.total < verObj.total) {
             largestVer = verObj
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export async function checkForUpdate() {
     console.error('No valid version tags to compare with')
     return
   }
+
   return {
     hasUpdate: largestVer.total > currVerObj.total,
     latestVersion: largestVer.version,