Package detail

autoupdater

vdemedes72MITdeprecated1.0.0

This package is no longer maintained, use update-notifier instead

Make your module auto-update itself

auto-update, update, cli

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autoupdater

Make your npm modules auto-update themselves. Created for CLI programs in mind.

Installation

$ npm install autoupdater --save

Features

Uses battle-tested update-notifier
Installs new versions in the background, does not block main process
Update continues installation, even if main process dies

Usage

const update = require('autoupdater');

// load package.json of the package
// you want to be auto-updated
let pkg = require('path/to/package.json');


// execute autoupdater
// it checks for latest version on npm
// and if there's a newer one
// it executes `npm install` in background
update(pkg);