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+name: "Update Node-RED Catalogue"
+description: "Triggers update to latest published version"
+
+inputs:
+  package:
+    description: 'name of package to update'
+    required: true
+  version:
+    description: 'latest version of package'
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Update flows.nodered.org
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        URL=https://flows.nodered.org
+        COUNT=1
+        until [ $COUNT -gt 5 ]; do
+          sleep 10
+          LATEST=`npm info "${{ inputs.package }}" --json version | sed -e 's/"//g'`
+          echo "current version $LATEST"
+          if [[ "${{ inputs.version }}" == "$LATEST" ]]
+          then
+            break
+          fi
+          ((COUNT++))
+        done
+
+        if [ $COUNT -gt 5 ]
+        then
+          echo "timed out after 50 seconds" 
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        echo "new version available, triggering flows.nodered.org"
+
+        TOKEN=`curl "$URL/node/${{ inputs.package }}" --fail -c cookies.txt | awk '/input name="_csrf/ {print $4 }' | awk -F'"' '{print $2; exit}'`
+        curl -b cookies.txt -c cookies.txt --fail -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8" "$URL/add/node" --data-urlencode "_csrf=$TOKEN" --data-urlencode "module=${{ inputs.package }}"
+        rm -f cookies.txt
+