wristwatch
Yet another Python watcher for website updates.
Features
- Selecting elements to watch with CSS selectors.
- Automatic importing of cookies from many browsers.
- Emailing the changes to yourself.
- Other features...
You can safely quit watching at any time by pressing Ctrl+C.
Installation
After having installed Python 3 with pip, you can install wristwatch using the following command:
pip install wristwatch
Arguments
| Command | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
"https://example.com/" |
The URL of the webpage to scrape. | |
-b --browser |
-b "chrome" |
Name of the browser to get cookies from (by default, any browser possible). See --help for supported browsers. |
-f --frequency |
-f 60 |
Frequency of fetches in seconds (default: 60). |
-s --selector |
-s "#minutes" -s "#hours" |
CSS selector of element(s) to scrape. Can be used multiple times. |
-a --attribute |
-a "href" -a "title" |
Attribute of the element(s) to scrape. Can be used multiple times. Can also be "text" to scrape the text content. |
-e --email |
-e "example@gmail.com" |
Email address to self-send the changes to. |
-p --password |
-p "aaaa bbbb cccc dddd" |
Email "app" password. Here's a guide on how to generate one. |
-i --input |
-i "input.txt" |
Load the first fetch from a file. |
-o --output |
-o "output.txt" |
Save the last fetch to a file. |
-q --quiet |
-q |
Decrease output verbosity. |
-l --loop |
-l |
Keep watching for changes even after the first one. |
-c --chime |
-c |
Play a sound when changes are detected. |
-v --version |
-v |
Show the program's version. |
-h --help |
-h |
Show the help message on how to use the program. |
Examples
wristwatch "https://relaxingclock.com" -s "#minutes" -f 5 -a -l
Screenshots
Changelog
This changelog only includes changes that are worth mentioning.
- 1.0.0:
- Initial release.- 1.0.1
-Specified dependencies version requirements - 1.0.2
-Fixed--loopargument not working
- 1.0.1
- 1.1.0:
- Added--alertargument to play a sound when changes are detected. - 1.2.0:
- Added--debugargument to show debug info & error messages.
- Changed "rookiepy" dependency for "browser-cookie3"
- Better error handling. - 1.3.0:
- Added--attributeargument to scrape attributes and text content.
- Changed--alertargument name to--chime
- Better error handling.
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