What's this?

I needed a tool that constantly tracks changes occurring on a webpage, so I did one.

I know there are existing services that do exactly this, but I have no control over it, and most of the time they become paid solutions after a while.

Current state: WIP, working, must test

Requirements

• A Pushover account
• Create a Pushover app

How to use?

1. Modify the conf/example_config.ron file to your convenience.
   1. Rename example_config.ron to config.ron.
2. Run (as a daemon/service or not) on a server or on your computer.
3. It should now send your push notifications whenever a page changes.

How does it work?

A first pass is made to retrieve the initial state of the webpage ("base"), then this base is used to check upon ulterior checks of the same webpage.

Why Rust?

I know Rust would be taking a cannon to get the mosquito (Node or Python would perfectly do this job), but I'm currently trying to learn Rust and get accustomed to its ecosystem, that's why I chose this language.

Future features

• The possibility to connect with other push notification services
• Being able to connect to many PN services at once
• The possibility to send a screenshot with the push notification (if the PN service allows it)
• Target multiple pages
• Different timeouts for each target web page
• The possibility to force the re-creation of a "base"
• Know what part(s) of the page changed
• A GUI?

Todo

• Test more thoroughly
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