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Mention that the app needs to check for updates

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@ -22,17 +22,21 @@ Once you've deployed your update server, continue with importing the required mo
const { app, autoUpdater } = require('electron')
```
Next, put together the URL of the update server:
Next, put together the URL of the update server and tell [autoUpdater](../api/auto-updater.md) about it:
```js
const server = <your-deployment-url>
const feed = `${server}/update/${process.platform}/${app.getVersion()}`
autoUpdater.setFeedURL(feed)
```
As the final step, tell [autoUpdater](../api/auto-updater.md) where to ask for updates:
As the final step, check for updates (the example below will check every minute):
```js
autoUpdater.setFeedURL(feed)
setInterval(() => {
autoUpdater.checkForUpdates()
}, 60000)
```
That's all. Once [built](../tutorial/application-distribution.md), your application will receive an update for each new [GitHub Release](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-releases/) that you create.