@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const ( 	Unknown = iota
 	Channel
 	ChannelNixpkgs
+	DownloadOptions
 )
 
 func (f Type) String() string {
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ case Channel: 		return "channel"
 	case ChannelNixpkgs:
 		return "channel-nixpkgs"
+	case DownloadOptions:
+		return "download-options"
 	}
 
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Fetcher(%d)", f)
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ case "channel": 		return Channel, nil
 	case "channel-nixpkgs":
 		return ChannelNixpkgs, nil
+	case "download-options":
+		return DownloadOptions, nil
 	default:
 		return Unknown, fmt.Errorf("unsupported fetcher %s", name)
 	}

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@+package importer
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/url"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"searchix/internal/config"
+	"searchix/internal/file"
+	"searchix/internal/index"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type DownloadOptionsImporter struct {
+	DataPath   string
+	Source     *config.Source
+	SourceFile string
+	Logger     *slog.Logger
+}
+
+var optionsFiles = map[string]string{
+	"revision": "revision",
+	"options":  "options.json",
+}
+
+func (i *DownloadOptionsImporter) FetchIfNeeded(parent context.Context) (bool, error) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(parent, i.Source.FetchTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	root := i.DataPath
+
+	err := file.Mkdirp(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.WithMessagef(err, "error creating directory for data: %s", root)
+	}
+
+	var updated bool
+	for _, filename := range optionsFiles {
+		url, err := url.JoinPath(i.Source.URL, filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, errors.WithMessagef(
+				err,
+				"could not build URL with elements %s and %s",
+				i.Source.URL,
+				filename,
+			)
+		}
+
+		path := path.Join(root, filename)
+
+		i.Logger.Debug("preparing to fetch URL", "url", url, "path", path)
+
+		updated, err = fetchFileIfNeeded(ctx, path, url)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		// don't bother to issue requests for the later files
+		if !updated {
+			return false, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return updated, nil
+}
+
+func (i *DownloadOptionsImporter) Import(
+	parent context.Context,
+	indexer *index.WriteIndex,
+) (bool, error) {
+	filename := path.Join(i.DataPath, optionsFiles["options"])
+	revFilename := path.Join(i.DataPath, optionsFiles["revision"])
+	bits, err := os.ReadFile(revFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.WithMessagef(err, "unable to read revision file at %s", revFilename)
+	}
+	i.Source.Repo.Revision = string(bytes.TrimSpace(bits))
+	i.Logger.Debug("preparing import run", "revision", i.Source.Repo.Revision, "filename", filename)
+
+	return processOptions(parent, indexer, &importConfig{
+		Source:   i.Source,
+		Filename: filename,
+		Logger:   i.Logger,
+	})
+}

@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ Logger:   logger, 	}
 }
 
+func NewDownloadOptionsImporter(
+	source *config.Source,
+	dataPath string,
+	logger *slog.Logger,
+) *DownloadOptionsImporter {
+	fullpath := path.Join(dataPath, source.Channel)
+
+	return &DownloadOptionsImporter{
+		DataPath: fullpath,
+		Source:   source,
+		Logger:   logger,
+	}
+}
+
 type importConfig struct {
 	Filename string
 	Source   *config.Source

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ case config.ChannelNixpkgs: 			imp = NewNixpkgsChannelImporter(source, importerDataPath, logger)
 		case config.Channel:
 			imp = NewChannelImporter(source, importerDataPath, logger)
+		case config.DownloadOptions:
+			imp = NewDownloadOptionsImporter(source, importerDataPath, logger)
 		default:
 			log.Printf("unsupported importer type %s", source.Type.String())