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+% plugin_getweb - support function to get plugin information from the web
+
+% Copyright (C) 2012- Arnaud Delorme
+%
+% This file is part of EEGLAB, see http://www.eeglab.org
+% for the documentation and details.
+%
+% Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+% modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+%
+% 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+% this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+%
+% 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+% this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+% and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+%
+% THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+% AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+% IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+% ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+% LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+% CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+% SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+% INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+% CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+% ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+% THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+function [plugin,eeglabVersionStatus] = plugin_getweb(type, pluginOri, varargin)
+plugin = [];
+eeglabVersionStatus = [];
+
+if nargin < 1, help plugin_getweb; return; end
+if nargin < 2, pluginOri = []; end
+
+% convert plugin list format if necessary
+if isfield(pluginOri, 'plugin'), pluginOri = plugin_convert(pluginOri); end
+
+[~,dateTmp] = version;
+if datenum(dateTmp) < 736583
+    error( [ 'The plugin manager is only available for Matlab version 2016b and later versions.' 10 ...
+              'Download plugins from the internet and unzip them in the plugin folder instead.' ] );
+end
+
+% retrieving statistics
+eeglab_options;
+try
+    disp( 'Retrieving download statistics...' );
+    if exist('OCTAVE_VERSION', 'builtin') == 0
+        [plugin, status] = plugin_urlread([ 'http://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/plugin_uploader/plugin_getcountall_nowiki_json.php?type=' type '&upload=' num2str(option_showpendingplugins)]);
+    else
+        [plugin, status] = urlread([ 'http://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/plugin_uploader/plugin_getcountall_nowiki_json.php?type=' type '&upload=' num2str(option_showpendingplugins)]);
+    end
+    if isempty(plugin) || isequal(plugin, 'Couldn''t make connection to DB.')
+        disp('Issue with retrieving statistics for extensions');
+        plugin = [];
+        return;
+    end
+    try
+        plugin = jsondecode(plugin);
+    catch
+        disp('Issue with decoding plugin information, Octave 7.x required to decode JSON strings');
+    end
+catch
+    disp('Cannot connect to the Internet to retrieve statistics for extensions');
+    return
+end
+
+if status == 0
+    disp('Cannot connect to the Internet to retrieve extension list');
+    return
+end
+
+%% rename fields for backward compabitiligy
+renameField = { 'plugin' 'name';
+                'count'  'downloads';
+                'curversion' 'version';
+                'link'   'zip' };
+
+if ~isempty(pluginOri)
+    currentNames = lower({ pluginOri.name }); % this is old code that is not reached
+else
+    currentNames = {};
+end
+for iRow = 1:length(plugin)
+    
+    % rename fields
+    for iField = 1:size(renameField, 1)
+        if ~isfield(plugin, renameField{iField, 1})
+            disp('Plugin list incomplete - maybe an issue with internet connection - aborting.');
+            return
+        end
+        plugin(iRow).(renameField{iField, 2}) = plugin(iRow).(renameField{iField, 1});
+    end
+    
+    % decode tags
+    plugin(iRow).rawtags = plugin(iRow).tags;
+    if ~isempty(plugin(iRow).rawtags)
+        tmpTags = textscan(plugin(iRow).rawtags, '%s', 'delimiter', ',');
+        plugin(iRow).tags = tmpTags{1}';
+    end
+    
+    plugin(iRow).numrating =  str2double(plugin(iRow).numrating);
+    plugin(iRow).rating    =  str2double(plugin(iRow).rating);
+    plugin(iRow).critical  =  str2double(plugin(iRow).critical);
+    plugin(iRow).removed   =  str2double(plugin(iRow).removed);
+    plugin(iRow).downloads =  str2double(plugin(iRow).downloads);
+    plugin(iRow).size      =  sscanf(plugin(iRow).size, '%f'); % Only numeric part is taken, possible KB or MB additions are ignored
+    plugin(iRow).webrating = [ 'https://sccn.ucsd.edu/eeglab/plugin_uploader/simplestar.php?plugin=' plugin(iRow).name '&version=' plugin(iRow).version ];
+    
+    % match with existiting plugins
+    indMatch = strmatch(lower(plugin(iRow).name), currentNames, 'exact');
+    if isempty(indMatch)
+        plugin(iRow).currentversion  = '-';
+        plugin(iRow).installed       = 0;
+        plugin(iRow).installorupdate = 1;
+        plugin(iRow).status          = 'notinstalled';
+    else
+        if length(indMatch) > 1
+            disp([ 'Warning: duplicate extension ' plugin(iRow).name ' installed' ]); 
+        end
+        plugin(iRow).currentversion = pluginOri(indMatch).currentversion;
+        plugin(iRow).foldername     = pluginOri(indMatch).foldername;
+        plugin(iRow).status         = pluginOri(indMatch).status;
+        plugin(iRow).installed      = 1;
+        if strcmpi(plugin(iRow).currentversion, plugin(iRow).version)
+            plugin(iRow).installorupdate = 0;
+        else
+            plugin(iRow).installorupdate = 1;
+        end
+    end
+end
+plugin = rmfield(plugin, renameField(:,1)');
+
+% handle the special case of EEGLAB version
+indEEGLAB = cellfun(@(x)isequal(x, 'eeglab'), lower( { plugin.name } ));
+eeglabVersionStatus = plugin(indEEGLAB);
+plugin(indEEGLAB) = [];
+
+% remove plugins with no zip file
+% -------------------------------
+plugin(cellfun(@isempty, {plugin.zip })) = [];
+
+function plugin = plugin_convert(pluginOri)
+
+for iRow = 1:length(pluginOri)
+    plugin(iRow).currentversion = pluginOri(iRow).version;
+    plugin(iRow).foldername     = pluginOri(iRow).foldername;
+    plugin(iRow).status         = pluginOri(iRow).status;
+    plugin(iRow).name           = pluginOri(iRow).plugin;
+    plugin(iRow).installed      = 1;
+end