fetch release automatically from the list of vscodium github releases

Author: getzze

package.json

@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@
 					"scope": "application",
 					"default": true
 				},
-				"remote.SSH.vscodiumReleaseNumber": {
-					"type": "string",
-					"description": "The VSCodium specific release number to use with serverDownloadUrlTemplate, automatic if left empty. It needs to be provided to install with VSCode-OSS.",
-					"scope": "application",
-					"default": ""
-				},
 				"remote.SSH.serverDownloadUrlTemplate": {
 					"type": "string",
 					"description": "The URL from where the vscode server will be downloaded. You can use the following variables and they will be replaced dynamically:\n- ${quality}: vscode server quality, e.g. stable or insiders\n- ${version}: vscode server version, e.g. 1.69.0\n- ${commit}: vscode server release commit\n- ${arch}: vscode server arch, e.g. x64, armhf, arm64\n- ${release}: release number, vscodium only https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/pull/1192",
@@ -111,6 +105,12 @@
 					"scope": "application",
 					"default": ""
 				},
+				"remote.SSH.experimental.vscodiumReleaseNumber": {
+					"type": "string",
+					"description": "**Experimental:** The VSCodium specific release number to use with serverDownloadUrlTemplate, automatic if left empty.",
+					"scope": "application",
+					"default": ""
+				},
 				"remote.SSH.experimental.modifyMatchingCommit": {
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"description": "**Experimental:** When true, modify the commit value of the remote server to match the local host.",
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@
 	"dependencies": {
 		"@jeanp413/ssh-config": "^4.3.1",
 		"glob": "^9.3.1",
+		"node-fetch": "^3.3.2",
 		"simple-socks": "git+https://github.com/jeanp413/simple-socks#main",
 		"socks": "^2.5.0",
 		"ssh2": "git+https://github.com/jeanp413/ssh2#master"

src/fetchRelease.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+import Log from './common/logger';
+
+
+interface githubReleasesData {
+    name: string;
+}
+
+export async function fetchRelease(version: string, logger: Log): Promise<string> {
+
+    // Fetch github releases following: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/releases/releases?apiVersion=2022-11-28
+    logger.info('Fetch the last release number of VSCodium corresponding to version ' + version);
+
+    let release = '';
+    try {
+        const response = await fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/VSCodium/vscodium/releases", {
+            method: "GET",
+            headers: {
+                "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+                "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
+            },
+        });
+        const data = await response.json() as Array<githubReleasesData>;
+        let fullVersion: string;
+        for (let releaseInfo of data) {
+            fullVersion = releaseInfo.name;
+            if (fullVersion.startsWith(version)) {
+                logger.info('found release version: ' + fullVersion);
+
+                // Found a version match, it is the newer
+                // Remove the version and the dot '.': 1.96.4.25026 -> 25026
+                release = fullVersion.slice(version.length + 1);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (error) {
+        logger.error('Error fetching releases:', error);
+    }
+
+    return release;
+}

src/serverConfig.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { fetchRelease } from './fetchRelease';
+import Log from './common/logger';
 
 let vscodeProductJson: any;
 async function getVSCodeProductJson() {
@@ -23,18 +25,25 @@ export interface IServerConfig {
     modifyMatchingCommit: boolean;
 }
 
-export async function getVSCodeServerConfig(): Promise<IServerConfig> {
+export async function getVSCodeServerConfig(logger: Log): Promise<IServerConfig> {
     const productJson = await getVSCodeProductJson();
 
     const customServerBinaryName = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('remote.SSH.experimental').get<string>('serverBinaryName', '');
     const customModifyMatchingCommit = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('remote.SSH.experimental').get<boolean>('modifyMatchingCommit', false);
-    const customRelease = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('remote.SSH').get<string>('vscodiumReleaseNumber', '');
+
+    // Get release, if the option is provided or fetch it from the github releases
+    const version = vscode.version.replace('-insider','');
+    let customRelease = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('remote.SSH.experimental').get<string>('vscodiumReleaseNumber', '');
+    customRelease = customRelease || productJson.release;
+    if (!customRelease) {
+        customRelease = await fetchRelease(version, logger);
+    }
 
     return {
-        version: vscode.version.replace('-insider',''),
+        version: version,
         commit: productJson.commit,
         quality: productJson.quality,
-        release: customRelease || productJson.release,
+        release: customRelease,
         serverApplicationName: customServerBinaryName || productJson.serverApplicationName,
         serverDataFolderName: productJson.serverDataFolderName,
         serverDownloadUrlTemplate: productJson.serverDownloadUrlTemplate,

src/serverSetup.ts

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export async function installCodeServer(conn: SSHConnection, serverDownloadUrlTe
 
     const scriptId = crypto.randomBytes(12).toString('hex');
 
-    const vscodeServerConfig = await getVSCodeServerConfig();
+    const vscodeServerConfig = await getVSCodeServerConfig(logger);
     const installOptions: ServerInstallOptions = {
         id: scriptId,
         version: vscodeServerConfig.version,