Feature Request - Package Manager APIs

[mbentley]

Is your feature request related to existing pfSense functionality that is missing from the API? Please describe. Ability to get information about currently installed packages: pkg_mgr_installed.php

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I am not aware of a great way to get notifications about available package updates.

Describe the solution you'd like It would be great if we at least had an API to get information about the current packages installed (current version, available version, whether an update is available) so that you could automate notification when new packages are available for update.

Describe alternatives you've considered I've looked at scripting a check and configuring email notification from a regular interval but an API would be much cleaner.

Additional context I wouldn't expect to be able to perform the updates or install new packages - that might be too risky of a process but at least an API endpoint to get current info.