Version Watcher

Watch for new versions and notify by email.

Written in Python 3.

Requirement

• Python 3.7+
• Python packages:
  • nvchecker
  • aiohttp (required by nvchecker)
  • requests
• Maligun account for sending email
• crontab

Setup on CentOS 8:

# Install Python 3.11
sudo yum install python3.11 python3.11-pip

# Use venv. Optional
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip3 install -U pip

# Install pip dependencies
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Why not use postfix for sending email?

Since some email service providers (such as Gmail) requires SSL to send email to them, and it's quite complicated to setup with postfix.

Setup

Create config/settings.ini, and change config/nvchecker.ini as needed.

Run python3 main.py to check at once.

Add the following to crontab to check regularly:

# Minute Hour Day Month Day_of_week Command
    0     *    *    *        *      cd /path/to/version-watcher && ./main.py &>> log/cron.log
# For venv:
#    0     *    *    *        *      cd /path/to/version-watcher && source .venv/bin/activate && ./main.py &>> log/cron.log