https://github.com/anonymerniklasistanonym/websitewatchernotifiergmail

https://github.com/anonymerniklasistanonym/websitewatchernotifiergmail

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/anonymerniklasistanonym/websitewatchernotifiergmail
• Owner: AnonymerNiklasistanonym
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-05-26T14:38:40.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-08T10:00:53.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-16T19:10:12.321Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 54.7 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 6
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# WebsiteWatcherNotifierGmail

Fetch a certain part of a website and check if it changed - on change send an email using the GMail API

## Prerequisites

1. Get [GMail API credentials (`credentials.json`)](https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/quickstart/python) and place them into the repository directory

2. Specify which websites should be scraped with which options

   1. Either by providing a `configuration.json` file that contains this information (copy and update the example [`configuration.example.json`](configuration.example.json))

   2. Or by specifying it in the file [`main.py`](main.py)

## Run

- Create ron job by running:

  ```sh

  crontab -e

  ```

  Add the following line to the file:

  ```text

  0 */5 * * * cd Path/from/home/directory/WebsiteWatcherNotifierGmail && ./run.sh >> log.log

  ```

  (This will run the job [all 5 hours at minute 0](https://crontab.guru/#0_*/5_*_*_*))

- Run it via command line with:

  ```sh

  # Easy and no global package pollution

  ./run.sh

  # Normal way

  pip3 install -r requirements.txt

  python3 -m main

  ```