# author: Christoph Hartmann require 'json' require 'net/http' class LatestInSpecVersion # fetches the latest version from rubygems server def latest uri = URI('https://rubygems.org/api/v1/gems/inspec.json') res = Net::HTTP.start( uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https', open_timeout: 0.5, read_timeout: 0.5 ) { |http| http.get(uri.path) } inspec_info = JSON.parse(res.body) inspec_info['version'] rescue StandardError nil end end