lidel/firefox-addons-add-update-version

A command line tool to add a Firefox add-on version to the update.json manifest

Description

Given a previously signed add-on XPI file, this script creates or updates the update.json manifest required for automatic add-on updates.

Install

npm install -g firefox-addons-add-update-version

Usage

faauv [options] <xpi file path>

Options

• --update-in <update.json file path>: path to original update.json manifest. If not specified, a new manifest is assumed
• --update-out <update.json file path>: path to update.json manifest to be created
• --update <update.json file path>: shortcut to specify both --update-in and --update-out for the same path
• --update-link <url where to download xpi>: update link to download new add-on version

Notes

When using the --update-link option, you can use the placeholder @version@ to be replaced by the new add-on version string.

If former versions already exist in the original update.json, all the extra parameters (e.g {"applications":{"gecko":{"strict-minimum-version":"..."}}}) from the latest version are re-used in the new entry.

This is also the case for the update_link property, if not specified as command line parameter, with the version string being replaced in the url. For instance if a previous version 1.0.1 had update_link https://mysite.com/download?v=1.0.1 and you add version 1.0.2 without specifying the --update-link option, the new entry will automatically set update_link to https://mysite.com/download?v=1.0.2.