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Check for a text file (markdown) and check contents (if new), update the UI to show unread state, and then display a modal. Uses localStorage set to two items for unread and text content.
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// uses https://github.com/markedjs/marked to read markdown files to html | |
// uses jQuery because we're on old angular version | |
var checkUpdatesFile = function() { | |
$.ajax({ | |
url: '/static/updates.md' | |
}).done(function(data){ | |
var updateText = data; | |
// check/store in localStorage for updated text from updates.md | |
if (localStorage.getItem('appUpdates') !== updateText) { | |
localStorage.setItem('appUpdates', updateText); // update text content | |
// show unread pip | |
localStorage.setItem('updatesRead', false); | |
$('.ac-usernav .icon.notify').addClass('hasunread'); | |
console.log('App has updates.'); | |
} else { | |
console.log('App no new updates.'); | |
} | |
}); | |
}; | |
checkUpdatesFile(); | |
$(element).on('click', function (e) { | |
e.preventDefault(); | |
checkUpdatesFile(); | |
// read from localstorage entry | |
$('#updateBody').html(marked(localStorage.getItem('appUpdates'))); | |
$('#modal-appupdates').modal('show'); | |
// remove unread pip | |
localStorage.setItem('updatesRead', true); | |
$(this).removeClass('hasunread'); | |
console.log('Displaying updates'); | |
}); |
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