It would be great to have an API endpoint with links to the installer downloads and docs downloads for the latest version. That way it would be trivial to write a script that when a new version is available would download the new version and install the new docs locally.
I’m sure Pro and Enterprise customers will appreciate the ability to have a 1 click update.
Now that I’m writing this I’m thinking that it would be great if the Corona Simulator could download copy of the docs for offline use.
There is a docs zip that you can download on the docs page.
Hi seanh,
I am aware of the link to the docs. I was suggesting that Corona built a way to automate this. In order to download the new SDK version and docs, you have to go the webpage and do it manually. Otherwise (like I’m doing right now) you have to write a script that scrapes the page’s HTML and figure out the latest versions. This is very cumbersome and not future proof as it depends on the Corona’s webpage design; the minute one of your web designers decides to change an HTML tag here and there, the whole system breaks. If there is an API with this info, consuming it becomes trivial.
An API could be easily automated via a cron job so that your development team is always up to date.
There is a docs zip that you can download on the docs page.
Hi seanh,
I am aware of the link to the docs. I was suggesting that Corona built a way to automate this. In order to download the new SDK version and docs, you have to go the webpage and do it manually. Otherwise (like I’m doing right now) you have to write a script that scrapes the page’s HTML and figure out the latest versions. This is very cumbersome and not future proof as it depends on the Corona’s webpage design; the minute one of your web designers decides to change an HTML tag here and there, the whole system breaks. If there is an API with this info, consuming it becomes trivial.
An API could be easily automated via a cron job so that your development team is always up to date.