I need to make a script that will notify me when a change is made to a website. I am not sure about the best way to go about this and I don’t know what python has that will be useful. Any push in the right direction would be helpful.
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I need to make a script that will notify me when a change is made to a website. I am not sure about the best way to go about this and I don’t know what python has that will be useful. Any push in the right direction would be helpful.
It all depends on what you define as an update to a website.
The simplest solution would be to use urllib2 to get the contents of the given website, storing it in a variable then quering the website again for contents and comparing them.
Have that running in an infinite loop and you are set.