List available updates from the Arch User Repository (AUR)

Example i3blocks configuration:

[aur-update]
command=$SCRIPT_DIR/aur-update
markup=pango
format=json
interval=43200
UPDATE_COLOR=red
QUIET=1
IGNORE=root vidyodesktop
#CACHE_UPDATES=0
#FORCE_IPV4=1

Right or middle click sends a notification (via notify-send) with a list of outdated packages and the corresponding version information. If you enable caching (CACHE_UPDATES=1), the update list will be cached as an environment variable. This will be read on a (right/middle) click to directly show the notification without the delay caused by updating the list. Usage of IPV4 can be forced using FORCE_IPV4=1. This is useful, because the AUR API often gets timeouts with IPV6 and the call does not return.

• python3 requests library
• optional: libnotify/notify-send