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Content Checker

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Developed by

Jakub Balada

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.

4.4 (2)

Pricing

Pay per usage

Total users

2.3k

Monthly users

153

Runs succeeded

25%

Issue response

13 days

Last modified

4 months 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

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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Content Checker API in JavaScript

Content Checker API through CLI

Content Checker OpenAPI definition

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