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Monitor a webpage for text changes
Created by
Daniel Craig
Create a normalized text baseline for a public webpage and report later changes without storing full page content in the result dataset.
Website Change Monitor & Diff APIcraigtechservicesllc/website-change-monitor-diff-api
Monitor ID
Requested URL
Comparison mode
Changed
+11 fieldsTextNumberBooleanListObject
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
Sign up on Apify01
Create your Apify account to access the Website Change Monitor & Diff API.
Start the run02
The Actor will start running based on the input automatically.
Receive the output03
Monitor the progress in real-time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review.
Integrate into your workflow04
The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow.
