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+const requests = require("./requests");
+
+let releases = {
+	notes: {},
+	latest: {}
+}
+
+// gets and returns the release notes of a GitHub repo
+async function github_releases(repo) {
+	let request = false;
+
+	// attempt to perform the request, while caching it
+	try {
+		request = JSON.parse(await requests.get(
+			"api.github.com", `/repos/${repo}/releases`,
+			"release-notes-" + repo
+		))
+	}catch(err) {
+		// request or parsing failed, return `false`
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// request is somehow falsy, return `false`
+	if (! request) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// return the actual request as parsed JSON
+	return request;
+}
+
+// returns release notes for Viper
+releases.notes.viper = async () => {
+	return await github_releases("0neGal/viper");
+}
+
+// returns release notes for Northstar
+releases.notes.northstar = async () => {
+	return await github_releases("R2Northstar/Northstar");
+}
+
+// gets and returns some details of the latest release of a GitHub repo
+async function github_latest(repo) {
+	let request = false;
+
+	// attempt to perform the request, while caching it
+	try {
+		request = JSON.parse(await requests.get(
+			"api.github.com", `/repos/${repo}/releases/latest`,
+			"latest-release-" + repo
+		))
+	}catch(err) {
+		// request or parsing failed, return `false`
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// request is somehow falsy, return `false`
+	if (! request) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// return the actual request as parsed JSON
+	return {
+		notes: request.body,
+		version: request.tag_name,
+		download_link: request.assets[0].browser_download_url
+	}
+}
+
+// returns latest release for Viper
+releases.latest.viper = async () => {
+	return await github_latest("0neGal/viper");
+}
+
+// returns latest release for Northstar
+releases.latest.northstar = async () => {
+	return await github_latest("R2Northstar/Northstar");
+}
+
+module.exports = releases;