codyafingerson / notion-update-checker

Notion Update Checking Script

A simple script that checks for Notion updates based on the current version stored in a text file. If a new version is available, it prompts the user to package the new version. This is a workaround for deploying software more easily with an MDM.

Note: This has not been tested on Windows.

Features

• Reads the current version of Notion from a version.txt file.
• Checks for the latest version of Notion by incrementing the current version number.
• Notifies the user if a new version is available.
• Prompts the user to package the new version using autopkg.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• autopkg installed for packaging the new version of Notion.
• An autopkg recipe for packaging Notion. (Recommended recipe repo is https://github.com/autopkg/swy-recipes)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/codyafingerson/notion-update-checker
   cd notion-update-checker

2. Ensure you give the bash script permission to execute by running chmod +x ./check-notion.sh

Scheduling as a Process (on a Mac)

1. Update the ProgramArguments key in the plist file to point to the correct location where you have cloned this repository.

2. Move the plist file to the appropriate directory: The plist file should be placed in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents directory for per-user agents.

   • You can execute mv com.codyfingerson.notionupdates.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ while in the directory where you cloned this repository.

3. Load the plist file into launchd using the launchctl command:

   • launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.codyfingerson.notionupdates.plist

4. The task should now be scheduled to run at the interval you specified. You can verify that everything worked by running:

   • launchctl list | grep com.codyfingerson.notionupdates, and if successful, you should see something like - 78 com.codyfingerson.notionupdates, where 78 is the process id, and most likely will be different from machine to machine.

PLIST Quick Tips

• You can change the time and date that the script executes by modifying the StartCalendarInterval key. The hour is first, followed by the minute, and then the day of the week. The default is set to run at 9 AM, Monday through Friday.

  • 0 and 7 represent Sunday
  • 1 represents Monday
  • 2 represents Tuesday
  • and so on...

• If you would like to change the default location for error logs, you can change the StandardOutPath key to your desired location.

How It Works

1. The script reads the current version from version.txt.
2. It checks for the latest version of Notion by incrementing the patch, minor, and major versions sequentially.
3. If a new version is found, it prompts the user to package the new version using autopkg.
4. If the user agrees, it writes the new version to version.txt and starts the packaging process.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Author

Cody Fingerson

notion-update-checker's Issues

An `input/output` error is thrown when adding the plist to systemctl

An error that says Load failed: 5: Input/output error. Try running launchctl bootstrap as root for richer errors is thrown when executing launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.codyfingerson.notionupdates.plist.

When executing using launchctl bootstrap (as suggest by the error), the same error seems to occur.