Add an easy to use cross-platform install script for that classic curl | bash goodness

README.md

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 To install `hishtory` on your first machine:
 
 ```bash
-curl -L -o hishtory https://api.hishtory.dev/download/hishtory-linux-amd64
+curl https://hishtory.dev/install.py | python3 -
-# Optional: Verify the binarie's SLSA L3 attestations from https://api.hishtory.dev/download/hishtory-linux-amd64.intoto.jsonl
-chmod +x hishtory
-./hishtory install
 ```
 
 At this point, `hishtory` is already persisting your shell history. Give it a try with `hishtory query` and see below for more details on the advanced query features. 
@@ -20,10 +17,8 @@ At this point, `hishtory` is already persisting your shell history. Give it a tr
 Then to install `hishtory` on your other computers, you need your secret key. Get this by running `hishtory status`. Once you have it, you follow similar steps to install hishtory on your other computers:
 
 ```bash
-curl -L -o hishtory https://api.hishtory.dev/download/hishtory-linux-amd64
+curl https://hishtory.dev/install.py | python3 -
-# Optional: Verify the binarie's SLSA L3 attestations from https://api.hishtory.dev/download/hishtory-linux-amd64.intoto.jsonl
+hishtory init $YOUR_HISHTORY_SECRET
-chmod +x hishtory
-./hishtory install $SECRET_KEY
 ```
 
 Now if you run `hishtory query` on first computer, you can automatically see the commands you've run on all your other computers!

backend/web/landing/www/index.html

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           <div class="tab-pane active" id="install-first" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="home-tab">
             <br>
             To install hishtory on your first machine:<br>
-            <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;curl -L -o hishtory https://api.hishtory.dev/download/hishtory-linux-amd64<br>
+            <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;curl https://hishtory.dev/install | python3 -<br></code>
-            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chmod +x hishtory<br>
-            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./hishtory install</code>
           </div>
           <div class="tab-pane" id="install-second" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab">
             <br>
             To install hishtory on your second machine, you must first retrieve your secret key from first first machine. To do so, run
-            <code>hishtory status</code> and copy your "Secret Key". Then to install it on your second machine:<br>
+            <code>hishtory status</code>&nbsp;and copy your "Secret Key". Then to install it on your second machine:<br>
-            <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;curl -L -o hishtory https://api.hishtory.dev/download/hishtory-linux-amd64<br>
+            <code>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;curl https://hishtory.dev/install | python3 -<br>
-            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;chmod +x hishtory<br>
+            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;hishtory init $YOUR_HISHTORY_SECRET</code>
-            &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./hishtory install $YOUR_HISHTORY_SECRET</code>
           </div>
         </div>
       </div><br>

backend/web/landing/www/install.py

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+"""
+A small install script to download the correct hishtory binary for the current OS/architecture.
+The hishtory binary is in charge of installing itself, this just downloads the correct binary and
+executes it.
+"""
+
+import json
+import urllib.request
+import platform
+import sys
+import os
+
+with urllib.request.urlopen('https://api.hishtory.dev/api/v1/download') as response:
+    resp_body = response.read()
+download_options = json.loads(resp_body)
+
+if platform.system() == 'Linux':
+    download_url = download_options['linux_amd_64_url']
+elif platform.system() == 'Darwin' and platform.machine() == 'arm64':
+    download_url = download_options['darwin_arm_64_url']
+elif platform.system() == 'Darwin' and platform.machine() == 'x86_64':
+    download_url = download_options['darwin_amd_64_url']
+else:
+    print(f"No hishtory binary for system={platform.system()}, machine={platform.machine()}!\nIf you believe this is a mistake, please open an issue here: https://github.com/ddworken/hishtory/issues")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+with urllib.request.urlopen(download_url) as response:
+    hishtory_binary = response.read()
+with open('/tmp/hishtory-client', 'wb') as f:
+    f.write(hishtory_binary)
+os.system('chmod +x /tmp/hishtory-client')
+os.system('/tmp/hishtory-client install')
+print('Succesfully installed hishtory! Try running a command and then running `hishtory query`.')