electron updater.Class.AppUpdater

Electron-Builder / electron-updater / AppUpdater

Extends¶

TypedEmitter<AppUpdaterEvents, this>

Extended by¶

Constructors¶

new AppUpdater()¶

protected new AppUpdater(options, app?): AppUpdater

Parameters¶

• options: undefined | null | AllPublishOptions

• app?: AppAdapter

Returns¶

AppUpdater

Overrides¶

(EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<AppUpdaterEvents>).constructor

Properties¶

_logger¶

protected _logger: Logger = console

allowDowngrade¶

allowDowngrade: boolean = false

Whether to allow version downgrade (when a user from the beta channel wants to go back to the stable channel).

Taken in account only if channel differs (pre-release version component in terms of semantic versioning).

Default¶

false

allowPrerelease¶

allowPrerelease: boolean = false

GitHub provider only. Whether to allow update to pre-release versions. Defaults to true if application version contains prerelease components (e.g. 0.12.1-alpha.1, here alpha is a prerelease component), otherwise false.

If true, downgrade will be allowed (allowDowngrade will be set to true).

app¶

protected readonly app: AppAdapter

autoDownload¶

autoDownload: boolean = true

Whether to automatically download an update when it is found.

autoInstallOnAppQuit¶

autoInstallOnAppQuit: boolean = true

Whether to automatically install a downloaded update on app quit (if quitAndInstall was not called before).

autoRunAppAfterInstall¶

autoRunAppAfterInstall: boolean = true

windows-only Whether to run the app after finish install when run the installer NOT in silent mode.

Default¶

true

currentVersion¶

readonly currentVersion: SemVer

The current application version.

disableDifferentialDownload¶

disableDifferentialDownload: boolean = false

NSIS only Disable differential downloads and always perform full download of installer.

Default¶

false

disableWebInstaller¶

disableWebInstaller: boolean = false

Web installer files might not have signature verification, this switch prevents to load them unless it is needed.

Currently false to prevent breaking the current API, but it should be changed to default true at some point that breaking changes are allowed.

Default¶

false

downloadedUpdateHelper¶

protected downloadedUpdateHelper: null | DownloadedUpdateHelper = null

forceDevUpdateConfig¶

forceDevUpdateConfig: boolean = false

Allows developer to force the updater to work in “dev” mode, looking for “dev-app-update.yml” instead of “app-update.yml” Dev: path.join(this.app.getAppPath(), "dev-app-update.yml") Prod: path.join(process.resourcesPath!, "app-update.yml")

Default¶

false

fullChangelog¶

fullChangelog: boolean = false

GitHub provider only. Get all release notes (from current version to latest), not just the latest.

Default¶

false

requestHeaders¶

requestHeaders: null | OutgoingHttpHeaders = null

The request headers.

signals¶

readonly signals: UpdaterSignal

For type safety you can use signals, e.g. autoUpdater.signals.updateDownloaded(() => {}) instead of autoUpdater.on('update-available', () => {})

stagingUserIdPromise¶

protected readonly stagingUserIdPromise: Lazy<string>

updateInfoAndProvider¶

protected updateInfoAndProvider: null | UpdateInfoAndProvider = null

Accessors¶

channel¶

get channel(): null | string

Get the update channel. Doesn’t return channel from the update configuration, only if was previously set.

set channel(value): void

Set the update channel. Overrides channel in the update configuration.

allowDowngrade will be automatically set to true. If this behavior is not suitable for you, simple set allowDowngrade explicitly after.

Parameters¶

• value: null | string

Returns¶

null | string

logger¶

get logger(): null | Logger

The logger. You can pass electron-log, winston or another logger with the following interface: { info(), warn(), error() }. Set it to null if you would like to disable a logging feature.

set logger(value): void

Parameters¶

• value: null | Logger

Returns¶

null | Logger

netSession¶

get netSession(): Session

Returns¶

Session

Methods¶

addAuthHeader()¶

addAuthHeader(token): void

Shortcut for explicitly adding auth tokens to request headers

Parameters¶

• token: string

Returns¶

void

checkForUpdates()¶

checkForUpdates(): Promise<null | UpdateCheckResult>

Asks the server whether there is an update.

Returns¶

Promise<null | UpdateCheckResult>

checkForUpdatesAndNotify()¶

checkForUpdatesAndNotify(downloadNotification?): Promise<null | UpdateCheckResult>

Parameters¶

• downloadNotification?: DownloadNotification

Returns¶

Promise<null | UpdateCheckResult>

differentialDownloadInstaller()¶

protected differentialDownloadInstaller(fileInfo, downloadUpdateOptions, installerPath, provider, oldInstallerFileName): Promise<boolean>

Parameters¶

• fileInfo: ResolvedUpdateFileInfo

• downloadUpdateOptions: DownloadUpdateOptions

• installerPath: string

• provider: Provider<any>

• oldInstallerFileName: string

Returns¶

Promise<boolean>

dispatchError()¶

protected dispatchError(e): void

Parameters¶

• e: Error

Returns¶

void

dispatchUpdateDownloaded()¶

protected dispatchUpdateDownloaded(event): void

Parameters¶

• event: UpdateDownloadedEvent

Returns¶

void

doDownloadUpdate()¶

abstract protected doDownloadUpdate(downloadUpdateOptions): Promise<string[]>

Parameters¶

• downloadUpdateOptions: DownloadUpdateOptions

Returns¶

Promise<string[]>

downloadUpdate()¶

downloadUpdate(cancellationToken): Promise<string[]>

Start downloading update manually. You can use this method if autoDownload option is set to false.

Parameters¶

• cancellationToken: CancellationToken = ...

Returns¶

Promise<string[]>

Paths to downloaded files.

executeDownload()¶

protected executeDownload(taskOptions): Promise<string[]>

Parameters¶

• taskOptions: DownloadExecutorTask

Returns¶

Promise<string[]>

getFeedURL()¶

getFeedURL(): undefined | null | string

Returns¶

undefined | null | string

getUpdateInfoAndProvider()¶

protected getUpdateInfoAndProvider(): Promise<UpdateInfoAndProvider>

Returns¶

Promise<UpdateInfoAndProvider>

isUpdaterActive()¶

isUpdaterActive(): boolean

Returns¶

boolean

onUpdateAvailable()¶

protected onUpdateAvailable(updateInfo): void

Parameters¶

• updateInfo: UpdateInfo

Returns¶

void

quitAndInstall()¶

abstract quitAndInstall(isSilent?, isForceRunAfter?): void

Restarts the app and installs the update after it has been downloaded. It should only be called after update-downloaded has been emitted.

Note: autoUpdater.quitAndInstall() will close all application windows first and only emit before-quit event on app after that. This is different from the normal quit event sequence.

Parameters¶

• isSilent?: boolean

windows-only Runs the installer in silent mode. Defaults to false.

• isForceRunAfter?: boolean

Run the app after finish even on silent install. Not applicable for macOS. Ignored if isSilent is set to false(In this case you can still set autoRunAppAfterInstall to false to prevent run the app after finish).

Returns¶

void

setFeedURL()¶

setFeedURL(options): void

Configure update provider. If value is string, GenericServerOptions will be set with value as url.

Parameters¶

• options: PublishConfiguration | AllPublishOptions

If you want to override configuration in the app-update.yml.

Returns¶

void