maustin10 / pingdiff

Detect DOM changes across a supplied list of websites and send alerts via IFTTT.

pingdiff

Detect changes across a supplied list of websites.

Setup

npm install

Usage

node index.js --interval=60 --endpoints="/path/to/endpoints.json" --ifttt="/path/to/ifttt.json" --random

Endpoint file structure

{
    URL: CSS selector,
    "http://web.site": "body"
}

Flags

Flag	Required	Type	Description
interval	✓	Integer	Interval (in seconds) of how often to make requests.
endpoints	✓	String	Path to JSON file of endpoints to monitor.
ifttt	✗	String	Path to IFTTT JSON file configuration (see below).
random	✗	Integer	Percentage of randomness to apply to interval timing (default of 20%).

IFTTT parameters

Flag	Required	Type	Description
key	✓	String	Maker channel secret key.
eventName	✓	String	Maker event name.
bodyKey	✓	String	Form data JSON body key (value1, value2, value3).
timeout	✗	Integer	Minimum amount of time to wait (in seconds) between posted events.