commit 133613add811e3452c9ff5baa5a6c58bd7be6982
Author: Paul Liverman III <paul.liverman.iii@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Mar 25 09:46:03 2018 -0700

    init version from Asteroid Dodge

diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md
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+# itchy
+
+A super simple version checker for use with [LÖVE](https://love2d.org) games
+published on [itch.io](https://itch.io/).
+
+## Installation
+
+Just copy `check.lua` to where you want in your source.
+
+## Usage
+
+Start it in its own thread, and send a table on the "send-itchy" channel with
+information on what you're looking for.
+
+```lua
+-- initialize
+versionCheck = love.thread.newThread("lib/itchy/check.lua")
+versionCheckSend = thread.getChannel("send-itchy")
+versionCheck:start()
+versionCheckSend:push({
+  target = "guard13007/asteroid-dodge"
+  -- other options are available!!
+})
+-- receive info
+versionCheckReceive = thread.getChannel("receive-itchy")
+if versionCheckReceive:getCount() > 0 then
+  -- this could be a version or an error message!
+  latest_version = versionCheckReceive:demand()
+end
+```
+
+### Options
+
+* `url` (string) If you have a different URL to check for the latest version
+  from, you can specify it here.
+* `target` REQUIRED (string) The target string of your game on itch.io
+  (username/game-slug)
+* `channel` (string) If you do not specify the channel name to look for on
+  itch.io, it will use `osx` for Mac OS / OS X, `win32` for Windows, `linux` for
+  Linux, `android` for Android, `ios` for iOS, and if any other OS is returned
+  by `love.system.getOS()` it will use that string as-is.
+* `version` (any) Version of the game running right now.
+* `proxy` (string) This library uses an [HTTP proxy](https://github.com/Guard13007/insecure-proxy)
+  for the HTTPS call to itch.io's API. By default it uses `https://104.236.139.220:16343`
+  which is a DigitalOcean VPS I own. If you'd rather use a different proxy
+  server, you can specify it here.
+* `interval` (number) If specified, a check for the latest version will happen
+  again every `interval` seconds.
+* `send_interval_errors` DEFAULT false (boolean) Whether or not checks happening
+  on an interval will report errors.
diff --git a/check.lua b/check.lua
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+require("love.timer")
+local thread, timer
+do
+  local _obj_0 = love
+  thread, timer = _obj_0.thread, _obj_0.timer
+end
+local http = require("socket.http")
+local receive = thread.getChannel("send-itchy")
+local send = thread.getChannel("receive-itchy")
+local check
+check = function(data, send_errors)
+  if send_errors == nil then
+    send_errors = true
+  end
+  local exponential_backoff = 1
+  while true do
+    local body, status
+    if data.url then
+      body, status = http.request(data.url)
+    elseif data.proxy then
+      body, status = http.request(tostring(data.proxy) .. "/get/https://itch.io/api/1/x/wharf/latest?target=" .. tostring(data.target) .. "&channel_name=" .. tostring(data.channel))
+    end
+    if status == 200 then
+      local latest = body:match('%s*{%s*"latest"%s*:%s*"(.+)"%s*}%s*')
+      send:push(latest)
+      return true
+    else
+      if send_errors then
+        send:push("unknown, error getting latest version: HTTP " .. tostring(status) .. ", trying again in " .. tostring(exponential_backoff) .. " seconds")
+      end
+      timer.sleep(exponential_backoff)
+      exponential_backoff = exponential_backoff * 2
+    end
+  end
+end
+local start
+start = function()
+  local data = receive:demand()
+  if not (data.target) then
+    error("Target undefined. Cannot search for latest version of unknown target!")
+  end
+  if not (data.version) then
+    data.version = "0"
+  end
+  if not (data.proxy or data.url) then
+    data.proxy = "http://104.236.139.220:16343"
+  end
+  if not (data.channel) then
+    require("love.system")
+    local os = love.system.getOS()
+    local _exp_0 = os
+    if "OS X" == _exp_0 then
+      data.channel = "osx"
+    elseif "Windows" == _exp_0 then
+      data.channel = "win32"
+    elseif "Linux" == _exp_0 then
+      data.channel = "linux"
+    elseif "Android" == _exp_0 then
+      data.channel = "android"
+    elseif "iOS" == _exp_0 then
+      data.channel = "ios"
+    else
+      data.channel = os
+    end
+  end
+  check(data)
+  if data.interval then
+    while true do
+      timer.sleep(data.interval)
+      if receive:getCount() > 0 then
+        return start()
+      end
+      check(data, data.send_interval_errors)
+    end
+  end
+end
+return start()
diff --git a/check.moon b/check.moon
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+require "love.timer"
+import thread, timer from love
+
+http = require "socket.http"
+receive = thread.getChannel "send-itchy"
+send = thread.getChannel "receive-itchy"
+
+check = (data, send_errors=true) ->
+  exponential_backoff = 1
+  while true
+    local body, status
+    if data.url
+      body, status = http.request data.url
+    elseif data.proxy
+      body, status = http.request "#{data.proxy}/get/https://itch.io/api/1/x/wharf/latest?target=#{data.target}&channel_name=#{data.channel}"
+
+    if status == 200
+      latest = body\match '%s*{%s*"latest"%s*:%s*"(.+)"%s*}%s*'
+      send\push latest
+      return true
+    else
+      if send_errors
+        send\push "unknown, error getting latest version: HTTP #{status}, trying again in #{exponential_backoff} seconds"
+      timer.sleep exponential_backoff
+      exponential_backoff = exponential_backoff * 2
+
+start = ->
+  -- data should be a table of information
+  data = receive\demand!
+  unless data.target
+    error "Target undefined. Cannot search for latest version of unknown target!"
+
+  data.version = "0" unless data.version
+  data.proxy = "http://104.236.139.220:16343" unless data.proxy or data.url
+
+  -- channel can be autodetected if not specified
+  unless data.channel
+    require "love.system"
+    os = love.system.getOS!
+    switch os
+      when "OS X"
+        data.channel = "osx"
+      when "Windows"
+        data.channel = "win32"
+      when "Linux"
+        data.channel = "linux"
+      when "Android"
+        data.channel = "android"
+      when "iOS"
+        data.channel = "ios"
+      else
+        data.channel = os
+
+  check data
+
+  -- if we should check again every x seconds, wait, and do so
+  if data.interval
+    while true
+      timer.sleep data.interval
+
+      -- if we are sent new data, start over entirely
+      if receive\getCount! > 0
+        return start!
+
+      check data, data.send_interval_errors
+
+start!