last_vm_version.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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"""
Get the last GNS3 vm version number
"""

import urllib
import json
import sys

f = urllib.urlopen("https://api.github.com/repos/GNS3/gns3-vm/releases")
tag = json.loads(f.read())[0]["tag_name"]
tag = tag[1:]
sys.stdout.write(tag)