Python script that notifies me when a update is made to a website.

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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.

is this your website or someone elses? – dm03514 Sep 27 '11 at 13:04 — dm03514, Sep 27 '11 at 13:04

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 27 '11 at 13:17

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You may use the last-modified date of the remote page :

import urllib
u = urllib.urlopen("http://www.google.com")
u.info().get("last-modified")

answered Sep 27 '11 at 13:17

JC Plessis

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '11 at 13:05

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.

Python script that notifies me when a update is made to a website.

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