added memoizee to update checker to prevent hitting githubs api limit

backend/version-control.js

@@ -1,43 +1,64 @@
-const GitHub = require('github-api');
-const packageJson = require('../package.json');
-const {compareVersions} =require('compare-versions');
+const GitHub = require("github-api");
+const packageJson = require("../package.json");
+const { compareVersions } = require("compare-versions");
+const memoizee = require("memoizee");
 
 async function checkForUpdates() {
   const currentVersion = packageJson.version;
-  const repoOwner = 'cyfershepard';
-  const repoName = 'Jellystat';
+  const repoOwner = "cyfershepard";
+  const repoName = "Jellystat";
   const gh = new GitHub();
 
-  let result={current_version: packageJson.version, latest_version:'', message:'', update_available:false};
+  let result = { current_version: packageJson.version, latest_version: "", message: "", update_available: false };
 
   let latestVersion;
 
   try {
-    const path = 'package.json';
+    const path = "package.json";
 
-    const response = await gh.getRepo(repoOwner, repoName).getContents('main', path);
+    const response = await gh.getRepo(repoOwner, repoName).getContents("main", path);
     const content = response.data.content;
-    const decodedContent = Buffer.from(content, 'base64').toString();
+    const decodedContent = Buffer.from(content, "base64").toString();
     latestVersion = JSON.parse(decodedContent).version;
 
-    if (compareVersions(latestVersion,currentVersion) > 0) {
+    if (compareVersions(latestVersion, currentVersion) > 0) {
       // console.log(`A new version V.${latestVersion} of ${repoName} is available.`);
-      result = { current_version: packageJson.version, latest_version: latestVersion, message: `${repoName} has an update ${latestVersion}`, update_available:true };
-    } else if (compareVersions(latestVersion,currentVersion) < 0) {
+      result = {
+        current_version: packageJson.version,
+        latest_version: latestVersion,
+        message: `${repoName} has an update ${latestVersion}`,
+        update_available: true,
+      };
+    } else if (compareVersions(latestVersion, currentVersion) < 0) {
       // console.log(`${repoName} is using a beta version.`);
-      result = { current_version: packageJson.version, latest_version: latestVersion, message: `${repoName} is using a beta version`, update_available:false };
+      result = {
+        current_version: packageJson.version,
+        latest_version: latestVersion,
+        message: `${repoName} is using a beta version`,
+        update_available: false,
+      };
     } else {
       // console.log(`${repoName} is up to date.`);
-      result = { current_version: packageJson.version, latest_version: latestVersion, message: `${repoName} is up to date`, update_available:false };
+      result = {
+        current_version: packageJson.version,
+        latest_version: latestVersion,
+        message: `${repoName} is up to date`,
+        update_available: false,
+      };
     }
   } catch (error) {
     console.error(`Failed to fetch releases for ${repoName}: ${error.message}`);
-    result = { current_version: packageJson.version, latest_version: 'N/A', message: `Failed to fetch releases for ${repoName}: ${error.message}`, update_available:false };
+    result = {
+      current_version: packageJson.version,
+      latest_version: "N/A",
+      message: `Failed to fetch releases for ${repoName}: ${error.message}`,
+      update_available: false,
+    };
   }
 
   return result;
 }
 
+const memoizedCheckForUpdates = memoizee(checkForUpdates, { maxAge: 300000, promise: true });
 
-
-module.exports = { checkForUpdates };
+module.exports = { checkForUpdates: memoizedCheckForUpdates };

package.json

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "i18next-http-backend": "^2.4.3",
     "knex": "^2.4.2",
     "material-react-table": "^3.1.0",
+    "memoizee": "^0.4.17",
     "moment": "^2.29.4",
     "multer": "^1.4.5-lts.1",
     "passport": "^0.6.0",