cordova-plugin-hotpushes

#cordova-plugin-hotpushes

Download and cache remotely hosted content.

This plugin is a work in progress and it is not production ready. PR welcome.

Installation

cordova plugin add https://github.com/mathieudutour/cordova-plugin-hotpushes

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS
• WP8

Examples

• Replace example
• Merge example

API

HotPush.sync(options)

Parameter	Description
options.src	String URL to hot push endpoint
options.versionJSONPFileName	String Name of the jsonp file containing the version information.
options.versionJSONFileName	String Name of the json file containing the version information
options.type	String (Optional) Defines the hot push strategy applied to the content. The type replace is the default behaviour that completely removes existing content then copies new content from a zip file. The type merge will download and replace only content which has changed.
options.headers	Object (Optional) Set of headers to use when requesting the remote content from options.src.
options.archiveURL	String (Mandatory if options.type === 'replace') URL of the zip containing the files to hot push.
options.documentsPath	Object (Optional) Path to the Documents folder (useful for WKWebView)

Returns

• Instance of HotPush.

Example

var hotpushes = HotPush.sync({
  src: 'http://myserver/hot/',
  versionJSONPFileName: 'version.jsonp',
  versionJSONFileName: 'version.json',
  type: 'replace',
  archiveURL: 'http://myserver/hot/assets.zip'
});

HotPush.check()

Load the local files and check if there is a new version available on the server.

Parameter	Description
no parameters

HotPush.update()

Download the files on the server.

Parameter	Description
no parameters

hotpushes.on(event, callback)

Parameter	Description
event	String Name of the event to listen to. See below for all the event names.
callback	Function is called when the event is triggered.

hotpushes.on('updateFound', callback)

The event updateFound will be triggered when a new update is found on the server.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('updateFound', function() {
  hotpushes.update();
});

hotpushes.on('noUpdateFound', callback)

The event noUpdateFound will be triggered when no new update is found on the server.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('noUpdateFound', function() {
  alert('All good!');
});

hotpushes.on('progress', callback)

The event progress will be triggered on each update as the native platform downloads and caches the content.

Callback Parameter	Description
data.progress	Integer Progress percentage between 0 - 100. The progress includes all actions required to cache the remote content locally. This is different on each platform, but often includes requesting, downloading, and extracting the cached content along with any system cleanup tasks.
data.status	Integer Enumeration of PROGRESS_STATE to describe the current progress state.

Example

hotpushes.on('progress', function(data) {
    // data.progress
    // data.status
});

hotpushes.on('updateComplete', callback)

The event updateComplete will be triggered when the content has been successfully cached onto the device.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('updateComplete', function() {
  location.reload();
});

hotpushes.on('error', callback)

The event error will trigger when an internal error occurs and the cache is aborted.

Callback Parameter	Description
e	Error Standard JavaScript error object that describes the error.

Example

hotpushes.on('error', function(e) {
    // e.message
});

hotpushes.on('cancel', callback)

The event cancel will trigger when hotpushes.cancel is called.

Callback Parameter	Description
no parameters

Example

hotpushes.on('cancel', function() {
    // user cancelled the hot push
});

hotpushes.cancel()

Cancels the content sync operation and triggers the cancel callback.

HotPush.PROGRESS_STATE

An enumeration that describes the current progress state.

Integer	Description
0	STOPPED
1	DOWNLOADING
2	EXTRACTING
3	COMPLETE