Content Checker

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Content Checker

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Developed by

Jakub Balada

Maintained by Community

Monitor a website or web page for content changes. Automatically saves before and after screenshots and sends an email notification when content changes are detected.

4.9 (3)

Pricing

Pay per usage

2.4K

156

Last modified

2 days ago

Automation

Open source

You can access the Content Checker programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "url": "https://www.apify.com/change-log",
12    "contentSelector": "article",
13    "screenshotSelector": "article",
14    "sendNotificationText": "Apify found a new change!",
15    "proxy": {
16        "useApifyProxy": true
17    },
18    "navigationTimeout": 30000
19};
20
21// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
22const run = await client.actor("jakubbalada/content-checker").call(input);
23
24// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
25console.log('Results from dataset');
26console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
27const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
28items.forEach((item) => {
29    console.dir(item);
30});
31
32// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Free content checker to monitor website changes API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Content Checker API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Content Checker API in Python

Content Checker API through CLI

Content Checker OpenAPI definition

Content Checker API

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