NUSGet now checks for updates on startup

modules/core.py

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+# "modules/core.py", licensed under the MIT license
+# Copyright 2024 NinjaCheetah
+
+import requests
+
+
+def check_nusget_updates(current_version: str, progress_callback=None) -> str | None:
+    # Simple function to make a request to the GitHub API and then check if the latest available version is newer.
+    gh_api_request = requests.get(url="https://api.github.com/repos/NinjaCheetah/NUSGet/releases/latest", stream=True)
+    if gh_api_request.status_code != 200:
+        progress_callback.emit("\n\nCould not check for updates.")
+    else:
+        api_response = gh_api_request.json()
+        new_version: str = api_response["tag_name"].replace('v', '')
+        new_version_split = new_version.split('.')
+        current_version_split = current_version.split('.')
+        for place in range(len(new_version_split)):
+            if new_version_split[place] > current_version_split[place]:
+                progress_callback.emit("\n\nThere's a newer version of NUSGet available!")
+                return new_version
+        progress_callback.emit("\n\nYou're running the latest release of NUSGet.")
+    return None