node-web-watcher

NodeJS agent that monitors a web page and act upon changes.

Usage

Install CLI globally

npm i -g webwatch

Examples

1. Monitor news.ycombinator.com for scores update

webwatch text --url https://news.ycombinator.com --query ".score"

1. Monitor status.github.com for availability changes and send a mail using mandrill

webwatch text --url https://status.github.com --query "#graphs .graph:nth-child(2) .number" --smtp smtps://user%40gmail.com:[email protected] --from [email protected] --to [email protected]

Help

$ webwatch --help
Usage: bin/webwatch <command> [options]

Commands:
  raw   Watch a request raw result
  json   Watch a request json result
  html   Watch a request html result
  text   Watch a request text result
  count  Watch a request count result
  sum    Watch a request sum'ed result

Options:
  -u, --url        Url to request                                     [required]
  -q, --query      Query to perform
  -d, --delay      Delay between queries
  -m, --mandrill   Mandrill API key
  -e, --email      Notified email
  -p, --phantomjs  Use PhantomJS
  -h, --help       Show help                                           [boolean]

Examples:
  bin/webwatch html -h http://google.com  Watch google homepage for changes

Contributing

Please submit all pull requests the against master branch. If your unit test contains javascript patches or features, you should include relevant unit tests. Thanks!

Available scripts

| Script | Description | |----------|-------| | start | Alias of test:watch | | test | Run mocha unit tests | | test:watch | Run and watch mocha unit tests | | lint | Run eslint static tests | | compile | Compile the library | | compile:watch | Compile and watch the library |

Authors

Olivier Louvignes

• http://olouv.com
• http://github.com/mgcrea

Copyright and license

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2016 Olivier Louvignes http://olouv.com

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