Serve machine-readable download.json at site root

public/download.json

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../generated/download.json

scripts/fetch-downloads-info.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import * as fs from "fs";
 import * as path from "path";
 import docsConfig from "../docs-config";
 import { Downloads, Release, Binary } from "@/downloads-metadata-types";
+import {
+  DownloadJSON,
+  DownloadRelease,
+  DownloadFile,
+} from "@/download-json-types";
 import { compareFullVersion, filterUnique, majorMinor } from "./utils";
 
 const OUTDIR = "./generated";
@@ -22,6 +27,8 @@ const downloads: Downloads = {
   releases: [],
 };
 
+const downloadJSON: DownloadJSON = {};
+
 const getBinaries = (r: OctokitRelease) => {
   const binaries = r.assets
     .filter(
@@ -155,6 +162,33 @@ for (const repoName of docsConfig.downloads.repos) {
     ),
   });
 
+  // Build the machine-readable download.json entries for this repo.
+  // shownReleases is sorted newest first, so the first non-prerelease is the
+  // latest stable release.
+  const latestStableID = shownReleases.find((r) => !r.prerelease)?.id;
+
+  downloadJSON[repoName] = shownReleases.map(
+    (r): DownloadRelease => ({
+      version: r.tag_name,
+      stable: !r.prerelease,
+      latest: r.id === latestStableID,
+      lts:
+        docsConfig.ltsVersions[repoName]?.includes(majorMinor(r.tag_name)) ??
+        false,
+      files: getBinaries(r).map(
+        (b): DownloadFile => ({
+          url: b.url,
+          os: b.os,
+          arch: b.arch,
+          version: r.tag_name,
+          sha256: b.checksum,
+          size: b.sizeBytes,
+          kind: "archive",
+        })
+      ),
+    })
+  );
+
   console.groupEnd();
 }
 
@@ -181,3 +215,9 @@ fs.writeFileSync(
   path.join(OUTDIR, "downloads-metadata.json"),
   JSON.stringify(downloads, null, 2)
 );
+
+console.log(`Writing download.json to ${OUTDIR}/download.json`);
+fs.writeFileSync(
+  path.join(OUTDIR, "download.json"),
+  JSON.stringify(downloadJSON, null, 2)
+);

src/download-json-types.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Types for the machine-readable download.json served at the site root.
+// The per-release shape intentionally mirrors Go's
+// https://go.dev/dl/?mode=json (version.json) so that tooling can consume it
+// in a familiar way, with Prometheus-specific "latest" and "lts" flags added.
+// The top level is keyed by repository name, exposing every repository shown
+// on the downloads page.
+
+export type DownloadJSON = {
+  [repo: string]: DownloadRelease[];
+};
+
+export type DownloadRelease = {
+  version: string;
+  // stable is true for non-prerelease versions.
+  stable: boolean;
+  // latest is true for the most recent stable release of the repository.
+  latest: boolean;
+  // lts is true for long-term support releases.
+  lts: boolean;
+  files: DownloadFile[];
+};
+
+export type DownloadFile = {
+  url: string;
+  os: string;
+  arch: string;
+  version: string;
+  sha256: string;
+  size: number;
+  kind: string;
+};