A simple updater for Alfred Workflows

require_once 'updater.php';

$config = [
  'plist_url' => 'https://externalsite.com/info.plist',
  'workflow_url' => 'https://externalsite.com/Calculate.Anything.alfredworkflow',
  'check_interval => 86400 * 15,
  'force_check' => false,
  'force_download' => false,
  'download_type' => 'async',
];
$updater = new Alfred\Updater($config);

return $updater->checkUpdates();

The interval in seconds between update checks, default 15 days.

the url to the remote plist file, used to check for new versions, the updater will download this file and compare the local workflow version with the version of this file. If you host your workflow on Github you can use a URL like this:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{githubuser}/{project}/master/info.plist

URL to the .workflow file, if an update is available, the workflow will be downloaded and opened so it can be installed. If you host your workflow on Github you can use a URL like this:

https://github.com/{githubuser}/{project}/releases/latest/download/Calculate.Anything.alfredworkflow

Bypass the cache and check again the remote plist.

Force the download of the latest version even if there are no updates available, useful for tests.

Type of download, available methods are async or sync.