package main import ( "bytes" "encoding/json" "io/ioutil" "net/http" "net/url" "time" ) func versionCheckStart() error { go func() { printedError := false errorCount := 0 latestSeen := "" for { time.Sleep(5 * time.Minute) data := url.Values{ "version": {version}, } resp, err := http.Post("https://version.commento.io/api/check", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded", bytes.NewBufferString(data.Encode())) if err != nil { errorCount++ // print the error only once; we don't want to spam the logs with this // every five minutes if !printedError && errorCount > 5 { logger.Errorf("error checking version: %v", err) printedError = true } continue } defer resp.Body.Close() body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body) if err != nil { errorCount++ if !printedError && errorCount > 5 { logger.Errorf("error reading body: %s", err) printedError = true } continue } type response struct { Success bool `json:"success"` Message string `json:"message"` Latest string `json:"latest"` NewUpdate bool `json:"newUpdate"` } r := response{} json.Unmarshal(body, &r) if r.Success == false { errorCount++ if !printedError && errorCount > 5 { logger.Errorf("error checking version: %s", r.Message) printedError = true } continue } if r.NewUpdate && r.Latest != latestSeen { logger.Infof("New update available! Latest version: %s", r.Latest) latestSeen = r.Latest } errorCount = 0 printedError = false } }() return nil }