downloads

downloads is an automatic download page generator. It takes a config file that describes the repositories to check, fetches release information for each of them, and generates a nice download page.

Running for development

• go run *.go
• windows users: go build then run downloads.exe
• Open http://localhost:8891/ in your browser
• Tweak the index.html and reload (reduce TemplateCacheTime in the config when developing).

Configuration

The following fields are used on the config.json:

• ListenAddr: The address on which to listen for HTTP requests.
• RepoCacheTime: How long to cache Github repo data (in nanoseconds).
• TemplateCacheTime: How long to cache evaluation of the index.go.html template (in nanoseconds).
• Repos: A list of repositories to present download data for. Each contains the following fields:
  • FriendlyName: What to call the project on the download page.
  • GithubName: What it's actually called on github (owner/repo).
  • NameExpr: What to call the download assets, either as a static "string" (used verbatim) or as a "/regexp/" where the first grouped match is used.
  • ArchExpr: As NameExpr, to extract the asset architecture.
  • OSExpr: As NameExpr, to extract the asset operating system.