Simple Golang update script

download_go.py

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import requests
import regex as re

GO_URL = "https://go.dev/dl"

print("Checking latest Go version")
response = requests.get(GO_URL)

soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')

last_version = soup.find(id=re.compile("go\d[\.\d]{2,}"))['id']

print(f'Latest version is {last_version}')

filename = last_version + ".linux-amd64.tar.gz"

print("Requesting .tar.gz file")
with open(filename, "wb") as file:
    with requests.get(f'{GO_URL + "/" + filename}', stream=True, allow_redirects=True) as resp:
        for chunk in resp.iter_content(chunk_size = 512): 
            if chunk:
                file.write(chunk)

print("Finished downloading. Saving file...")

requirements.txt

beautifulsoup4==4.12.2
regex==2023.8.8
requests==2.31.0

update_go.sh

pip install -r requirements.txt
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
	echo "pip not installed. Please, install pip and try again"
	exit 1
fi
python3 download_go.py
echo "Removing old Go installation and unpacking Go .tar.gz file"
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf $(ls | grep go[1-9] | tr -d '\r')
if ! grep -o -q /usr/local/go/bin <<< $PATH ; then
	echo "Go not on PATH, adding to it"
	echo export PATH='$PATH':/usr/local/go/bin >> $HOME/.profile
	source $HOME/.profile
fi
echo "Installed!"
go version