Script to check AUR packages

aur-check

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# This script checks all your foreign packages against AUR to find newer versions

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

$packages = {}
$all = false

ARGV.delete_if do |arg|
  case arg
  when '-a', '--all'
    $all = true
  end
end

IO.popen(%w[pacman -Qm]).each do |l|
  name, version = l.chomp.split
  $packages[name] = [version, nil]
end

exit if $packages.empty?

uri = URI('https://aur.archlinux.org/rpc/')
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(v: 5, type: 'info', 'arg[]' => $packages.keys)

data = JSON.parse(Net::HTTP.get(uri), symbolize_names: true)

data[:results].each do |e|
  name = e[:Name]
  $packages[name][1] = e[:Version]
end

$packages.each do |package, (local, remote)|
  if local == remote
    puts "\e[1;37m%s\e[0m: \e[1;32m%s\e[0m (\e[1;34mup to date\e[0m)" % [package, local] if $all
  elsif not remote
    puts "\e[1;37m%s\e[0m: \e[1;32m%s\e[0m (\e[1;31mmissing\e[0m)" % [package, local]
  else
    puts "\e[1;37m%s\e[0m: \e[1;32m%s\e[0m (aur: %s)" % [package, local, remote]
  end
end