Merge pull request #52 from shriyanss/dev

v1.2.1

### Added

### Changed

### Fixed

- Add try-catch block when checking version from GH for rules

Author: shriyanss

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 1.2.1 - 2025.08.16
+
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Add try-catch block when checking version from GH for rules
+
 ## 1.2.1-beta.2 - 2025.08.10
 
 ### Added

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@shriyanss/js-recon",
-    "version": "1.2.1-beta.2",
+    "version": "1.2.1",
     "description": "JS Recon Tool",
     "main": "build/index.js",
     "type": "module",

src/analyze/helpers/initRules.ts

@@ -70,14 +70,18 @@ const initRules = async () => {
 
     // also, if the version.txt exist, check if the version.txt is latest as per the latest release on github
     const version = fs.readFileSync(versionPath, "utf8").trim();
-    const response = await fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/shriyanss/js-recon-rules/releases/latest");
-    const release = await response.json();
-    const release_tag_name = release.tag_name;
-    if (`v${version}` !== release_tag_name) {
-        console.log(chalk.yellow("[!] Rules are not up to date. Downloading latest version..."));
-        // remove the rules directory
-        fs.rmSync(path.join(homeDir, "/.js-recon/rules"), { recursive: true });
-        await downloadRules(homeDir);
+    try {
+        const response = await fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/shriyanss/js-recon-rules/releases/latest");
+        const release = await response.json();
+        const release_tag_name = release.tag_name;
+        if (`v${version}` !== release_tag_name) {
+            console.log(chalk.yellow("[!] Rules are not up to date. Downloading latest version..."));
+            // remove the rules directory
+            fs.rmSync(path.join(homeDir, "/.js-recon/rules"), { recursive: true });
+            await downloadRules(homeDir);
+        }
+    } catch {
+        console.error(chalk.red("[!] An error occured when fetching rules from GitHub"));
     }
 };
 

src/globalConfig.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const githubURL = "https://github.com/shriyanss/js-recon";
 const modulesDocs = "https://js-recon.io/docs/category/modules";
-const version = "1.2.1-beta.2";
+const version = "1.2.1";
 const toolDesc = "JS Recon Tool";
 const axiosNonHttpMethods = ["isAxiosError"]; // methods available in axios, which are not for making HTTP requests