better http call

Author: damongolding

internal/templates/views/views_about.templ

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/text/language"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 templ About(viewData common.ViewData) {
@@ -123,17 +124,26 @@ func getLatestRelease(owner, repo string) (string, string) {
 	}
 
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/releases/latest", owner, repo)
-	link := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/%s/%s/releases/tag/latest", owner, repo)
+	link := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/%s/%s/releases/latest", owner, repo)
 
-	resp, err := http.Get(url)
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error(err)
+		return "Unknown", link
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 		return "Unknown", link
 	}
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
-		log.Error(err)
+		log.Errorf("GitHub API returned status code %d for %s", resp.StatusCode, url)
 		return "Unknown", link
 	}