symlink a "latest.json" file to the freshest stats

scripts/snapshot.js

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import path from "path";
+import fs from "fs";
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
 import { format } from "date-fns";
 import simpleGit from "simple-git";
-import { writeJsonFile } from "write-json-file";
 
-// https://github.com/jakejarvis/jarv.is/blob/main/pages/api/hits.ts#L101
+// https://github.com/jakejarvis/jarv.is/blob/main/pages/api/hits.ts
 const API_ENDPOINT = "https://jarv.is/api/hits/";
 
 // formulate path to target .json file
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const jsonPath = path.join(
   format(today, "MM"), // month
   `${format(today, "yyyy-MM-dd")}.json` // year-month-day.json
 );
+const latestPath = path.join(process.cwd(), "data", "latest.json");
 
 // pull the latest stats from API
 console.info("📡 Fetching latest data from API...");
@@ -23,7 +24,13 @@ const data = await (await fetch(API_ENDPOINT)).json();
 
 // write pretty JSON to timestamped file
 console.info(`📂 Writing data to ${jsonPath} ...`);
-await writeJsonFile(jsonPath, data.pages);
+fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(jsonPath), { recursive: true });
+fs.writeFileSync(jsonPath, JSON.stringify(data.pages || data, null, "\t") + "\n");
+
+// update latest.json symlink to newest timestamped file
+console.info(`🔗 Pointing latest.json to ${jsonPath} ...`);
+fs.rmSync(latestPath, { force: true });
+fs.symlinkSync(path.relative(path.dirname(latestPath), jsonPath), latestPath, "file");
 
 // automatically push changes only if running from CI
 if (process.env.GITHUB_ACTION) {
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ if (process.env.GITHUB_ACTION) {
   git.addConfig("user.email", "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com");
 
   // do the normal git stuff
-  await git.add([jsonPath]);
+  await git.add([jsonPath, latestPath]);
   await git.commit(`📈 Add new snapshot for ${format(today, "yyyy-MM-dd")}`);
   await git.push("origin", "main");
 } else {