project-updater

About

A simple and easy to use project updater for your Node.js projects. Suppose you have a specific project and you offer this project to many of your customers and you prepare projects with different features (but the same codebase) for each customer. In this case, you can use this package to update your project for your customers. You can host your project on a server and update it for your customers with a single command. This package saves you from having to apply the same changes to all your customers' projects whenever you make any changes. You can also ignore specific files to prevent them from being updated.

Highlights

• Simple: Easy to use and understand.
• Secure: Protect your project with a secret key.
• Customizable: Customize the updater to your needs.
• Automatic: Automatically update your project when a new version is available.
• Fast: Update your project in seconds.
• Save Time: Save time by updating your project with a single command.

Installation

Note:: This package requires Node.js 16.0.0 or higher.

Using npm:

$ npm install project-updater

Using yarn:

$ yarn add project-updater

Usage

This package consists of two parts: the server side and the client side. The server side is used to host your project and update it for your client projects. The client side is used to connect to the host server and update your project.

Server side

Project structure:

root/
├── updater.js
├── package.json
└── your-project-path/
    ├── ...
    └── package.json

Note: The package.json file in the root directory is the main package file, and the package.json file in the your-project-path directory is the project package file and must exist.

Important: When you update your project, you also need to increase the version number in the package.json file in the your-project-path directory

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Create a server to host your project and update it for your client projects:

// updater.js
import { Server } from "project-updater";
import packageJson from "./your-project-path/package.json";

const server = new Server({
    package: packageJson,
    port: 5000,
    key: "your-super-secret-key",
    path: "/your-project-path/",
    ignore: ["node_modules", "package-lock.json"],
});

server.start();

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Server configuration options:

Option	Type	Default	Description
key	string	-	The secret key to protect your project.
path	string	-	The path to your project directory.
port	number	8080	The port to listen on.
package	PackageJson	-	The project package.json file.
commands	string[]	[]	The commands that will run on the client side after the client updates the project.
packages	string[]	[]	The npm packages that will be installed on the client side after the client updates the project.
ignore	string[]	["node_modules", "package-lock.json"]	The files and directories that will be ignored when updating the project.

Client side

Project structure:

root/
├── updater.js
├── package.json
└── your-project-path/

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Connect to the host server and update your project:

// updater.js
import { Client } from "project-updater";

const client = new Client("start", {
    host: "http://localhost:5000",
    auth: { key: "your-super-secret-key" },
    projectDir: "./your-project-path/",
    reconnectionDelayMax: 5000,
    autoConnect: false,
});

client.connect();

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Client configuration options:

Option	Type	Default	Description
host	string	-	The host server URL.
auth.key	string	-	The secret key to connect to the host server.
projectDir	string	./project	The project directory.
autoUpdate	boolean	true	Automatically update the project when a new version is available.
autoConnect	boolean	true	Automatically connect to the host server.
autoStart	boolean	true	Automatically start the project after updating.
autoRestart	boolean	true	Automatically restart the project when it crashes.
packageJsonPath	string	./package.json	The path to the project package.json file.
reconnectionDelayMax	number	10000	The maximum reconnection delay between reconnection attempts in milliseconds.
reconnectionAttempts	number	10	The maximum reconnection attempts.
ignore	string[]	["package-lock.json"]	The files that will be ignored when updating the project (Only files can be ignored for now, not directories)

Future Plans

• Add realtime update function to update the project when the server produces a new version.
• Add support for ignoring directories in the client side.

Information

This project is still in development and may contain bugs. New features and improvements are planned for the future. If you have any suggestions or find a bug, please create an issue.

Help

If you need help, you can ask questions to me on my Discord server.