A Lua script to check resource version against GitHub releases

fxmanifest.lua

-- add the following metadata to your fxmanifest.lua
version 'v1.0.0'
repository 'https://github.com/<USER or ORGANISATION>/<REPOSITORY NAME>'

resourceVersionCheck.lua

-- https://stackoverflow.com/a/19263313
function string:split( inSplitPattern, outResults )
  if not outResults then
    outResults = { }
  end
  local theStart = 1
  local theSplitStart, theSplitEnd = string.find( self, inSplitPattern, theStart )
  while theSplitStart do
    table.insert( outResults, string.sub( self, theStart, theSplitStart-1 ) )
    theStart = theSplitEnd + 1
    theSplitStart, theSplitEnd = string.find( self, inSplitPattern, theStart )
  end
  table.insert( outResults, string.sub( self, theStart ) )
  return outResults
end

Citizen.CreateThread(function()
    local currentResourceName = GetCurrentResourceName();
    local gitRepository = GetResourceMetadata(currentResourceName, "repository", 0);
    local stringArray = gitRepository:split("/")
    local gitName = stringArray[#(stringArray) - 1]
    local repoName = stringArray[#(stringArray)]

    local resourceName = "Resource '" .. currentResourceName .. "'"

    function checkVersion(err, responseText, headers)
        local fxVersion = GetResourceMetadata(currentResourceName, "version", 0);
        local gitLatest = json.decode(responseText);

        if fxVersion ~= gitLatest.tag_name then
            print("\n###############################")
            print("\n" .. resourceName .. " is outdated;\nLatest Version: " .. gitLatest.tag_name .. "\nCurrent Resource: " .. fxVersion .. "\nPlease update it from " .. gitRepository .. "")
            print("\n###############################")
        else
            print(resourceName .. " is up to date, have fun!")
        end
    end

    PerformHttpRequest("https://api.github.com/repos/" .. gitName  .. "/" .. repoName .. "/releases/latest", checkVersion, "GET")
end)