Finished example

example/src/example-server/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+    "log"
+    "net/http"
+)
+
+type logHandler struct {
+    handler http.Handler
+}
+
+func (lh *logHandler) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    log.Printf("\n\texample-server received request %s\n", r.URL.RequestURI())
+    lh.handler.ServeHTTP(rw,r)
+}
+
+func main() {
+    // Simple static webserver with logging:
+    log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", &logHandler{handler:http.FileServer(http.Dir("./public"))}))
+}

example/src/hello-updater/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"github.com/sanbornm/go-selfupdate/selfupdate"
+)
+
+var version string
+
+var updater = &selfupdate.Updater{
+    CurrentVersion: version,                   // Manually update the const, or set it using `go build -ldflags="-X main.VERSION=<newver>" -o hello-updater src/hello-updater/main.go`
+    ApiURL:         "http://localhost:8080/",  // The server hosting `$CmdName/$GOOS-$ARCH.json` which contains the checksum for the binary
+    BinURL:         "http://localhost:8080/",  // The server hosting the zip file containing the binary application which is a fallback for the patch method
+    DiffURL:        "http://localhost:8080/",  // The server hosting the binary patch diff for incremental updates
+    Dir:            "update/",                 // The directory created by the app when run which stores the cktime file
+    CmdName:        "hello-updater",           // The app name which is appended to the ApiURL to look for an update
+    ForceCheck: true,                          // For this example, always check for an update unless the version is "dev"
+}
+
+func main() {
+	log.Printf("Hello world I am currently version %v", updater.CurrentVersion)
+	updater.BackgroundRun()
+	log.Printf("Next run, I should be %v", updater.Info.Version)
+}