Monitor a webpage for text changes

Created by

Daniel Craig

Actor

Website Change Monitor & Diff API

Create a normalized text baseline for a public webpage and report later changes without storing full page content in the result dataset.

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Monitor ID

Requested URL

Comparison mode

Changed

+11 fields

Input

URLs to monitor

Monitor ID:example-homepage

URL(required):https://example.com/

Comparison mode:text

Normalize whitespace:true

Case-sensitive comparison:true

Preview length:500

State namespace:public-example-text-monitor

Request timeout (seconds):20

Retries:1

Maximum response bytes:1000000

Output fields

Monitor ID

Requested URL

Comparison mode

Changed

Change types

Baseline created

Request succeeded

HTTP status

Previous HTTP status

Response time

Checked at

Current preview

Previous preview

Content diff

Error

How it works

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Start the "Monitor a webpage for text changes" task

The Website Change Monitor & Diff API Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like URLs to monitor, state namespace, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Monitor a webpage for text changes" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as monitor id, requested url, comparison mode, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Monitor a webpage for text changes" task via API.