update-electron-s3

Package to apply auto-update for an electron application using s3 amazon service

Powered by the free and open-source update.electronjs.org service.

Bifurcated from the project update-electron-app.

Requirements

Before using this module, make sure your Electron app meets these criteria:

• Your app runs on macOS or Windows
• Your app has a bucket for Amazon S3

Installation

npm i update-electron-s3

then you will create the 'electron-builder.yml' on your main project this file will contain this content

appId: your.App.Id
publish:
   provider: s3
   bucket: "your-bucket"

Usage

Drop this anywhere in your main process:

import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater'

require('update-electron-s3')({autoUpdater})

That's it! Here's what happens by default:

• Your app will check for updates at startup, then every ten minutes. This interval is configurable.
• No need to wait for your app's ready event; the module figures that out.
• If an update is found, it will automatically be downloaded in the background.
• When an update is finished downloading, a dialog is displayed allowing the user to restart the app now or later.

You can also specify custom options:

require('update-electron-s3')({
  electron,
  autoUpdater,
  updateInterval: '1 hour',
  logger: require('electron-log')
})

API

update(options)

Options:

• s3 String (optional) - S3 bucket bucket. Defaults to your package.json's "bucket_s3" field
• updateInterval String (optional) - How frequently to check for updates. Defaults to 10 minutes. Minimum allowed interval is 5 minutes.
• logger Object (optional) - A custom logger object that defines a log function. Defaults to console. See electron-log, a module that aggregates logs from main and renderer processes into a single file.

FAQ

What kinds of assets do I need to build?

For macOS, you'll need to build a .zip file and include it in your GitHub Release. Use electron-forge or electron-installer-zip to package your app as a zip.

For Windows, you'll need to build a .exe file and include it in your GitHub Release.

Why is my app launching multiple times?

Windows apps have an update process that requires multiple application restarts. You can use the electron-squirrel-startup module to improve this behavior.

License

MIT

See Also

If your app is packaged with electron-builder, you may not need this module. Builder has its own built-in mechanism for updating apps. Find out more at electron.build/auto-update.