Compare the latest release with the currently installed version of Atom

atom-check-update.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import subprocess

def get_latest():
    response = requests.get("https://github.com/atom/atom/releases/latest")
    return response.url[response.url.rfind("/")+2:]

def get_current():
    output = subprocess.check_output(["atom", "--version"])
    for line in output.decode().splitlines():
        if line.split(":")[0].strip() == "Atom":
            return line.split(":")[1].strip()
    return None

if __name__ == "__main__":
    current = get_current()
    print("Current version: {0}".format(current))
    latest = get_latest()
    print("Latest version:  {0}".format(latest))
    print()
    if latest != current:
        print("\033[31m-> Needs update!\033[30m")
    else:
        print("\033[32mYou are up to date\033[30m")