From 84432db7f95060b3bd29006aecb81dfa6cdc037a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Koushik Dutta <koushd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:38:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] core: use npms cdn endpoint to avoid going through server.

---
 plugins/core/README.md                           | 16 ++--------------
 plugins/core/package-lock.json                   |  4 ++--
 plugins/core/package.json                        |  2 +-
 .../ui/src/components/plugin/InstallPlugin.vue   |  2 +-
 plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/plugin.ts  |  7 ++++++-
 5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/core/README.md b/plugins/core/README.md
index b63270f58..ca2941808 100644
--- a/plugins/core/README.md
+++ b/plugins/core/README.md
@@ -1,15 +1,3 @@
-# Scrypted Core plugin. Provides the UI, websocket, and engine.io APIs.
+# Scrypted Web UI Plugin
 
-## npm commands
- * npm run scrypted-webpack
- * npm run scrypted-deploy <ipaddress>
- * npm run scrypted-debug <ipaddress>
-
-## scrypted distribution via npm
- 1. Ensure package.json is set up properly for publishing on npm.
- 2. npm publish
-
-## Visual Studio Code configuration
-
-* If using a remote server, edit [.vscode/settings.json](blob/master/.vscode/settings.json) to specify the IP Address of the Scrypted server.
-* Launch Scrypted Debugger from the launch menu.
+The Core Plugin provides the web UI for Scrypted.
diff --git a/plugins/core/package-lock.json b/plugins/core/package-lock.json
index c171e015d..c627bf8f3 100644
--- a/plugins/core/package-lock.json
+++ b/plugins/core/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/core",
-   "version": "0.0.172",
+   "version": "0.0.174",
    "lockfileVersion": 2,
    "requires": true,
    "packages": {
       "": {
          "name": "@scrypted/core",
-         "version": "0.0.172",
+         "version": "0.0.174",
          "license": "Apache-2.0",
          "dependencies": {
             "@koush/wrtc": "^0.5.0",
diff --git a/plugins/core/package.json b/plugins/core/package.json
index ea51f2b6a..50da7b929 100644
--- a/plugins/core/package.json
+++ b/plugins/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/core",
-   "version": "0.0.172",
+   "version": "0.0.174",
    "description": "Scrypted Core plugin. Provides the UI, websocket, and engine.io APIs.",
    "author": "Scrypted",
    "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/InstallPlugin.vue b/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/InstallPlugin.vue
index e9777856a..2ab740bef 100644
--- a/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/InstallPlugin.vue
+++ b/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/InstallPlugin.vue
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export default {
     doSearch: debounce(function () {
       axios
         .get(
-          `${getComponentWebPath("script")}/search?text=keywords:scrypted+${
+          `https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/search?text=keywords:scrypted+${
             this.search
           }`
         )
diff --git a/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/plugin.ts b/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/plugin.ts
index cc1a80839..31eaa1040 100644
--- a/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/plugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/core/ui/src/components/plugin/plugin.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ export interface PluginUpdateCheck {
 }
 
 export async function checkUpdate(npmPackage: string, npmPackageVersion: string): Promise<PluginUpdateCheck> {
-    const response = await axios.get(`${componentPath}/npm/${npmPackage}`);
+    // const response = await axios.get(`${componentPath}/npm/${npmPackage}`);
+    // registry.npmjs.org does not support CORS on the package endpoints.
+    // open issue:
+    // https://github.com/npm/feedback/discussions/117
+    // npmjs.cf is an unofficial CDN that provides it
+    const response = await axios.get(`https://registry.npmjs.cf/${npmPackage}`);
     const { data } = response;
     const versions = Object.values(data.versions).sort((a: any, b: any) => semver.compare(a.version, b.version)).reverse();
     let updateAvailable: any;