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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.

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You can access the Content Checker programmatically from your own Python 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.

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "url": "https://www.apify.com/change-log",
10    "contentSelector": "article",
11    "screenshotSelector": "article",
12    "sendNotificationText": "Apify found a new change!",
13    "proxy": { "useApifyProxy": False },
14    "navigationTimeout": 30000,
15}
16
17# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
18run = client.actor("jakubbalada/content-checker").call(run_input=run_input)
19
20# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
21print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
22for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
23    print(item)
24
25# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Free content checker to monitor website changes API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

pip install apify-client

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  • 146 monthly users

  • 37 stars

  • 55% runs succeeded

  • Created in May 2018

  • Modified 6 months ago

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