find_latest_imagemagick_version.py

"""Parses url below to extract latest image magick version (major version 6.9),
to feed it into CI system. Not the best way for reproducible builds, but it's
preferred for now over storing imagemagick installer into the GIT repository.
"""

import re
from urllib import request


url = "https://legacy.imagemagick.org/script/index.php"

response = request.urlopen(url)
html = response.read().decode(r"utf-8")
r = re.compile(r"6\.9\.[0-9]+-[0-9]+")
version = r.findall(html)
if len(version) == 0:
    raise ValueError(
        "Could not find latest legacy 6.9.X-Y ImageMagick version from {}".format(url)
    )
version = version[0]
# Append Q16 build
version += "-Q16"
print(version)