wristwatch 1.1.0

Yet another Python watcher for website updates.

wristwatch

Yet another Python watcher for website updates.

 

Features

• Selecting elements to watch with CSS selectors.
• Importing Cookies from any browser (to scrape webpages that require authentication).
• Emailing the changes to yourself.
• Other minor 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	Shorthand	Example	Description
		https://example.com/	The URL of the webpage to scrape.
--browser	-b	-b chrome	Name of the browser to get cookies from (default: any).
--frequency	-f	-f 60	Frequency of fetches in seconds (default: 60).
--selector	-s	-s #minutes -s #hours	CSS selector of element(s) to scrape. Can be used multiple times.
--email	-e	-e [e-mail]	Email address to self-send the changes to.
--password	-p	-p aaaa bbbb cccc dddd	Email "app" password. Here's a guide on how to generate one: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
--quiet	-q	-q	Decrease output verbosity.
--loop	-l	-l	Keep watching for changes even after the first one.
--output	-o	-o output.txt	Save the last fetch to a file.
--input	-i	-i input.txt	Load the first fetch from a file.
--alert	-a	-a	Play a sound when changes are detected.
--version	-v	-v	Show the program's version.

 

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 --loop argument not working
• 1.1.0:
  - Added --alert argument to play a sound when changes are detected.