DEVON apps: standardize livecheck URLs

[EricFromCanada]

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[samford]

If we're looking to align these DEVON cask checks, there may be something to be said for standardizing on not including the leading app directory name in the regex (e.g., /easyfind). The regex is already anchored to the app filename (e.g., EasyFind.app.zip), so including the leading app directory name isn't necessary to get a correct match and doesn't appear to provide any particular benefit.

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[samford]

Digging into this some more, some of these freeware apps have an in-app updater that checks a plist URL (e.g., EasyFind checks https://www.devontechnologies.com/Updates.plist?product=EasyFind&version=5.0.2, which redirects to https://api.devontechnologies.com/1/apps/updates.plist.php?product=EasyFind&version=5.0.2). The file contains version information for various DEVON apps:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC '-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN' 'http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd'>
<plist version='1.0'>
<dict>
<key>DEVONagent</key><string>2.3.1</string>
<key>DEVONagentExpress</key><string>3.11.8</string>
<key>DEVONagent Lite</key><string>3.11.8</string>
<key>DEVONagentPro</key><string>3.11.8</string>
<key>DEVONagentPersonal</key><string>3.11.8</string>
<key>DEVONagentPro_Japanese</key><string>3.11.8</string>
<key>DEVONagentPersonal_Japanese</key><string>3.11.8</string>
<key>DEVONnotePersonal</key><string>1.9.16</string>
<key>DEVONnotePersonal2</key><string>2.10.1</string>
<key>DEVONsphereExpress</key><string>1.9.7</string>
<key>DEVONthink3</key><string>3.9.7</string>
<key>DEVONthinkStandard3</key><string>3.9.7</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPersonal</key><string>1.9.16</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPersonal2</key><string>3.0</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPro2</key><string>3.0</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPro</key><string>1.9.16</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPro2_Japanese</key><string>2.11.3</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPro3</key><string>3.9.7</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPro Office2</key><string>3.0</string>
<key>DEVONthinkPro Office</key><string>1.9.16</string>
<key>DEVONthinkServer3</key><string>3.9.7</string>
<key>EasyFind</key><string>5.0.2</string>
<key>Legacy Products</key><string>3.0</string>
<key>Neo Network Utility</key><string>1.1.1</string>
<key>PhotoStickies</key><string>6.0.1</string>
<key>ThumbsUp</key><string>4.5.3</string>
<key>XMenu</key><string>1.9.11</string>
<key>Download</key>
<string>https://www.devontechnologies.com/redirect.php?id=download</string>
<key>SNs</key>
<array>
  <string>5a4B-2d34-0F16e4B-69BB018d1</string>
  <string>ffd8-88a7-488cbd8-222B21a39</string>
  <string>x69F-gF1i-164439F-966F-g363</string>
  <string>415a-3625-21755a-13a8bcbe4</string>
  <string>ab1b-dc64-d49f1b-2aa81ce7c</string>
  <string>7633-83b5-3a0933-26478d7ee</string>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>

I tested it out and the casks in this PR can use this approach, so if that makes sense to you I can push commits to check that instead (i.e., usually we prefer to align with the in-app updater when possible).

Edit: Commits can now be found on this branch.

[EricFromCanada]

@samford Sounds good. Do teach me your sleuthing methods someday.

[p-linnane]

@samford Sounds good. Do teach me your sleuthing methods someday.

I can't speak for @samford, but @krehel turned me on to Proxyman which is great for finding this kind of stuff.

[samford]

Do teach me your sleuthing methods someday.

Like Patrick mentioned, Proxyman makes it really easy to capture requests from apps.

Basically:

1. Open Proxyman and click the start button near the top left to start capturing. [It should automatically update your proxy settings but, if not, you may have to dig into System Settings to set the HTTP/HTTPS proxy setting manually for the connection you're using.]
2. Open the app you want to check and watch for any automated requests. If none appear, find the app's "Check for Updates" functionality and click on that.
3. If the requests are over a secure connection, you can click to highlight the request in Proxyman and then click on either the "Enable only this domain" or "Enable all domains from [App Name]" buttons. [You may be prompted to install Proxyman's CA certificate, which is necessary to intercept SSL requests. If you're not totally comfortable with it, you can always install it, run the requests, and then remove it each time.]
4. Once SSL proxying is enabled for the requests you're interested in, do whatever you did before to trigger the update requests. This time you should see the full URL with query string parameters, request headers/body/etc. [After you're done, you can go into Tools > SSL Proxying List to remove any entries you don't want/need anymore.]
5. Click the pause button to stop capturing requests. [It should revert the proxy settings or you'll have to disable them yourself in System Settings again.]

Usually that's enough to figure out a check that you can use in a livecheck block if there's an in-app updater. [Every once in a while you'll come across an app where the requests don't show in Proxyman and Bevan has a workaround for that. If you search on Slack for "Proxyman" it should come up.]