= Upgrade checker =
''Contact: Ricardo Kirkner (pindonga)''

{{{#!wiki caution
'''WARNING: This API has been deprecated in favor of https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppStore/Interfaces/ClickPackageIndex#Updates'''
}}}

The upgrade-checker API is part of the developer portal codebase, and will therefore be available at the myapps.developer.ubuntu.com domain. The API consists of a very simple resource that can be queried to retrieve the current version strings for any specified apps (by name).

== Get application versions ==

=== Using GET ===

{{{ 
GET /dev/api/click-metadata/?name=com.ubuntu.ubuntu-calculator&name=com.ubuntu.ubuntu-weather HTTP/1.1
Host: myapps.developer.ubuntu.com

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

[
    {
        "version": "0.1",
        "name": "com.ubuntu.ubuntu-calculator"
    },
    {
        "version": "0.2",
        "name": "com.ubuntu.ubuntu-weather"
    }
]
}}}

=== Using POST ===

{{{
POST /dev/api/click-metadata HTTP/1.1
Host: myapps.developer.ubuntu.com
Content-Type: application/json
{"name": ["com.ubuntu.ubuntu-calculator", "com.ubuntu.ubuntu-weather"]}

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

[
    {
        "version": "0.1",
        "name": "com.ubuntu.ubuntu-calculator"
    },
    {
        "version": "0.2",
        "name": "com.ubuntu.ubuntu-weather"
    }
]
}}}