Website Monitor

Monitors websites for changes, and sends an email notification when one is detected.

Installation

  git clone https://github.com/DevinParentice/website-watcher.git
  cd website-watcher

Create a .env file to the /backend folder and format it as such (replace with your own):

EMAIL_PASSWORD=example password
RECIPIENT_EMAIL=test@example.com
SENDER_EMAIL=test@example.com

To start the backend server, run the below commands:

cd backend
pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

To run the watcher, open a new terminal and run:

python watcher.py

To start the frontend, run the below commands:

cd frontend
yarn install
yarn build
yarn start

To start the frontend in development mode, run the below command:

yarn dev