Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: wristwatch
Version: 1.2.0
Summary: Yet another Python watcher for website updates.
Home-page: https://github.com/zWolfrost/wristwatch
Author: zWolfrost
License: UNKNOWN
Platform: UNKNOWN
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE

# wristwatch
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Yet another Python watcher for website updates.

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## Features
- Selecting elements to watch with CSS selectors.
- Automatic importing of cookies from many browsers.
- Emailing the changes to yourself.
- Other features...

You can safely quit watching at any time by pressing `Ctrl+C`.

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## Installation
After having installed [Python 3](https://www.python.org/downloads/) with pip, you can install wristwatch using the following command:
```bash
pip install wristwatch
```

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## Arguments
| Command       | Shorthand | Example                  | Description
|:-:            |:-:        | :-:                      |:-
|               |           | `https://example.com/`   | The URL of the webpage to scrape.
| `--browser`   | `-b`      | `-b chrome`              | Name of the browser to get cookies from (by default, any browser possible). See `--help` for supported browsers.
| `--frequency` | `-f`      | `-f 60`                  | Frequency of fetches in seconds (default: 60).
| `--selector`  | `-s`      | `-s #minutes -s #hours`  | CSS selector of element(s) to scrape. Can be used multiple times.
| `--email`     | `-e`      | `-e example@gmail.com`   | Email address to self-send the changes to.
| `--password`  | `-p`      | `-p aaaa bbbb cccc dddd` | Email "app" password. [Here's a guide on how to generate one](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833#app-passwords).
| `--quiet`     | `-q`      | `-q`                     | Decrease output verbosity.
| `--loop`      | `-l`      | `-l`                     | Keep watching for changes even after the first one.
| `--output`    | `-o`      | `-o output.txt`          | Save the last fetch to a file.
| `--input`     | `-i`      | `-i input.txt`           | Load the first fetch from a file.
| `--alert`     | `-a`      | `-a`                     | Play a sound when changes are detected.
| `--version`   | `-v`      | `-v`                     | Show the program's version.
| `--help`      | `-h`      | `-h`                     | Show the help message on how to use the program.

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## Examples
```bash
wristwatch "https://relaxingclock.com" -s "#minutes" -f 5 -a -l
```

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## Screenshots

![Enter commands](screenshots/1.png)

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## Changelog
*This changelog only includes changes that are worth mentioning.*

- **1.0.0**:
<br>- Initial release.
	- 1.0.1
	<br>-Specified dependencies version requirements
	- 1.0.2
	<br>-Fixed `--loop` argument not working
- **1.1.0**:
<br>- Added `--alert` argument to play a sound when changes are detected.
- **1.2.0**:
<br>- Added `--debug` argument to show debug info & error messages.
<br>- Changed "rookiepy" dependency for "browser-cookie3"
<br>- Better error handling.

