NuGet feed watcher as a built-in module

[reliktbk]

NuGet feed watcher as a built-in module

@jakenuts raised this on Reddit — wanted to keep the idea alive on GitHub.

The concept: a module that polls a NuGet feed, detects a new version of your package, downloads it and hot-swaps the .tpkg without restart.

You can wire this today manually:

From("cron://nuget-watcher?schedule=0 * * * * ?")
    .Process(async (ex, ct) => {
        var latest = await nuget.GetLatestVersionAsync("MyApp.Module");
        if (latest > current) ex.In.Headers["update"] = true;
    })
    .Filter(ex => ex.In.Headers.ContainsKey("update"))
    .Process(async (ex, ct) => await downloader.FetchAndDropAsync("Libs/"));

Tsak's HotReloadService scans Libs/ every 10s — once the .tpkg lands there, it hot-swaps the route graph. The module appears in the dashboard without restart.

The question is whether this deserves a first-class nuget:// transport or a dedicated built-in Tsak module with a simple config:

{
  "nuget-watcher": {
    "package": "MyApp.Module",
    "feed": "https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json",
    "interval": "60s",
    "drop-path": "Libs/"
  }
}

Happy to help prototype it. The module entry point is InitRoute.main(IRouteContext) — that's the entire contract.

What would you use this for?