Add version string to config endpoint

config/config.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type config struct {
 	WebServerPort   int             `yaml:"webServerPort"`
 	S3              s3              `yaml:"s3"`
 	InstanceDetails InstanceDetails `yaml:"instanceDetails"`
+	VersionInfo     string          `yaml:"-"`
 }
 
 // InstanceDetails defines the user-visible information about this particular instance.
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ type InstanceDetails struct {
 	Tags          []string          `yaml:"tags" json:"tags"`
 	SocialHandles []socialHandle    `yaml:"socialHandles" json:"socialHandles"`
 	ExtraInfoFile string            `yaml:"extraUserInfoFileName" json:"extraUserInfoFileName"`
+	Version       string            `json:"version"`
 }
 
 type socialHandle struct {
@@ -142,12 +144,14 @@ func (c *config) verifySettings() error {
 }
 
 //Load tries to load the configuration file
-func Load(filePath string) error {
+func Load(filePath string, versionInfo string) error {
 	Config = new(config)
 
 	if err := Config.load(filePath); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	Config.VersionInfo = versionInfo
+
 	return Config.verifySettings()
 }

controllers/config.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 func GetWebConfig(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	middleware.EnableCors(&w)
 
-	config := config.Config.InstanceDetails
+	configuration := config.Config.InstanceDetails
-
+	configuration.Version = config.Config.VersionInfo
-	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(config)
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(configuration)
 }

main.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 		logrus.SetReportCaller(true)
 	}
 
-	if err := config.Load(*configFile); err != nil {
+	if err := config.Load(*configFile, getVersion()); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 

webroot/js/app.js

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async function setupApp() {
   app.summary = config.summary && addNewlines(config.summary);
   app.tags =  config.tags;
   app.title = config.title;
-  app.appVersion = config.appVersion;
+  app.appVersion = config.version;
 
 
   try {