refactored github handler, expanded scrtipable ui, expanded ui resposibillity on github api

github.js

@@ -1 +1,42 @@
-let fetchLatest = async () => {}
+const { Octokit, App } = require("octokit");
+const {token} = require("./config/gittoken.json");
+
+// Create a personal access token at https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=repo
+var octokit;
+
+/**
+ * initializes githubs octokit to handle interactions with the github api
+ * @param {Electron.BrowserWindow} mainWindow the main window for error handling
+ */
+let initGithub = async (mainWindow) => {
+
+    octokit = new Octokit({auth: token});
+
+    mainWindow.webContents.send("github-lookup", "logging in...");
+
+    const { data: { login }, } = await octokit.rest.users.getAuthenticated().catch(async err => {
+        if (err) {
+            console.log(err);
+            mainWindow.webContents.send("error-message", {label: "authentication failed", err: err})
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+/**
+ * fetches the latest release on a set repository
+ * @param {Electron.BrowserWindow} mainWindow the main window for error handling
+ */
+let fetchLatest = async (mainWindow, repo) => {
+    let releases = await octokit.rest.repos.getLatestRelease(repo).catch(async err => {
+        mainWindow.webContents.send("github-lookup", "no releases found");
+    });
+
+    if (releases != undefined) {
+        console.log(releases.data.tag_name);
+        if (releases.data.tag_name != "0.0.0") {
+            mainWindow.webContents.send("github-update", {"tag": releases.data.tag_name});
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+module.exports = {initGithub, fetchLatest}