My C# app needs to check for updates at http://code.google.com/p/cmissync/downloads
I could scrap the HTML, but is there a better solution?
I did not find any Google API that allows this.
Note: I don't want to maintain a text file containing the version number somewhere, because it would make the release process a bit less lean.
I have just found an URL that returns an Atom description of the latest downloads:
https://code.google.com/feeds/p/cmissync/downloads/basic
Excerpt:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<updated>2013-03-14T04:37:53Z</updated>
<id>http://code.google.com/feeds/p/cmissync/downloads/basic</id>
<title>Downloads for project cmissync on Google Code</title>
<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml;type=feed" href="http://code.google.com/feeds/p/cmissync/downloads/basic"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://code.google.com/p/cmissync/downloads/list"/>
<entry>
<updated>2013-03-14T04:37:53Z</updated>
<id>http://code.google.com/feeds/p/cmissync/downloads/basic/CmisSync_0.4.6.msi</id>
<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://code.google.com/p/cmissync/downloads/detail?name=CmisSync_0.4.6.msi" />
<title>
CmisSync_0.4.6.msi (1.5 MB)
</title>
<author>
<name>nicolas.raoul@gmail.com</name>
</author>
<content type="html">
<pre>
CmisSync 0.4.6
<a href="http://cmissync.googlecode.com/files/CmisSync_0.4.6.msi">Download</a>
</pre>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
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Even without an Atom library, it should be easy enough to filter only the <id>
elements, which gives the feed identifiers of the 100 most recent files. From these identifiers, a list of download URLs can be extrapolated:
http://code.google.com/feeds/p/cmissync/downloads/basic/CmisSync_0.4.6.msi → http://cmissync.googlecode.com/files/CmisSync_0.4.6.msi
Another easier solution is warmly welcome!