From 85341ca46a3e46a2b71c4cbc7413b8baa25845b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arpit Chakladar <arpitchakladar@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 03:25:31 +0530
Subject: chore(updates/web/chromium): re-wrote new updates checker for
 extensions

---
 .../chromium/check-chromium-extension-updates.lua  | 82 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

(limited to 'updates/web/chromium/check-chromium-extension-updates.lua')

diff --git a/updates/web/chromium/check-chromium-extension-updates.lua b/updates/web/chromium/check-chromium-extension-updates.lua
index 815e8a4..0312283 100644
--- a/updates/web/chromium/check-chromium-extension-updates.lua
+++ b/updates/web/chromium/check-chromium-extension-updates.lua
@@ -1,16 +1,48 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env luajit
 -- Checks for updated Chromium extensions against their GitHub releases/tags.
 
-local extensions = {
-  -- NOTE: replaced by the derivation build step, with the
-  -- detailed list of all extensions that we need to check
-  --@@EXTENSIONS@@--
-}
+local cjson = require("cjson")
+local http_request = require("http.request")
+
+local rawExtensionsString = "@@EXTENSIONS@@"
+local extensions = cjson.decode(rawExtensionsString)
 
 local function printf(fmt, ...)
   io.write(string.format(fmt, ...))
 end
 
+-- Performs a GET request against the GitHub API and returns the
+-- decoded JSON body, or nil plus an error message.
+local function githubGetJson(url)
+  local req = http_request.new_from_uri(url)
+  req.headers:upsert("user-agent", "check-chromium-extension-updates")
+  req.headers:upsert("accept", "application/vnd.github+json")
+
+  local headers, stream = req:go(10) -- 10s timeout
+  if not headers then
+    -- on failure, `stream` actually holds the error message
+    return nil, tostring(stream)
+  end
+
+  local body, err = stream:get_body_as_string()
+  stream:shutdown()
+  if not body then
+    return nil, err or "no response body"
+  end
+
+  local status = headers:get(":status")
+  if status ~= "200" then
+    return nil, string.format("HTTP %s", tostring(status))
+  end
+
+  local ok, decoded = pcall(cjson.decode, body)
+  if not ok then
+    return nil, "failed to decode JSON response"
+  end
+
+  return decoded, nil
+end
+
 print("Checking for Chromium extension updates...")
 print("----------------------------------------------")
 print("")
@@ -18,36 +50,36 @@ print("")
 for _, ext in ipairs(extensions) do
   local isTag = ext.updateType == "tag"
   local endpoint
-  local jqFilter
   if isTag then
     endpoint = string.format("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/tags", ext.owner, ext.repo)
-    jqFilter = ".[0].name"
   else
     endpoint = string.format("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/releases/latest", ext.owner, ext.repo)
-    jqFilter = ".tag_name"
   end
 
-  local proc = io.popen(string.format("curl -sL --fail %q | jq -r %q", endpoint, jqFilter))
-  local latestRaw = (proc and proc:read("*a") or ""):gsub("%s+$", "")
-  if proc then
-    proc:close()
-  end
+  local data, err = githubGetJson(endpoint)
+  local latestRaw
 
-  if latestRaw == "" or latestRaw == "null" then
-    printf("FAIL [%s] Failed to fetch data from GitHub API.\n", ext.pname)
+  if not data then
+    printf("FAIL [%s] Failed to fetch data from GitHub API (%s).\n", ext.pname, err)
   else
-    local prefix = ext.tagPrefix
-    local latest = latestRaw
-    if prefix ~= "" and latestRaw:sub(1, #prefix) == prefix then
-      latest = latestRaw:sub(#prefix + 1)
-    end
+    latestRaw = isTag and data[1] and data[1].name or data.tag_name
 
-    if latest ~= ext.version then
-      printf("UPDATE [%s] %s -> %s\n", ext.pname, ext.version, latest)
-      printf("  Repo: https://github.com/%s/%s\n", ext.owner, ext.repo)
-      print("")
+    if latestRaw == nil or latestRaw == "" then
+      printf("FAIL [%s] Failed to fetch data from GitHub API.\n", ext.pname)
     else
-      printf("OK [%s] %s\n", ext.pname, ext.version)
+      local prefix = ext.tagPrefix
+      local latest = latestRaw
+      if prefix ~= "" and latestRaw:sub(1, #prefix) == prefix then
+        latest = latestRaw:sub(#prefix + 1)
+      end
+
+      if latest ~= ext.version then
+        printf("UPDATE [%s] %s -> %s\n", ext.pname, ext.version, latest)
+        printf("  Repo: https://github.com/%s/%s\n", ext.owner, ext.repo)
+        print("")
+      else
+        printf("OK [%s] %s\n", ext.pname, ext.version)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
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