urlwatch Howto (1)

Installation

Install the Python packages:

pip3 install --upgrade 'urlwatch'

Create a separate user:

useradd 'urlwatch'

Change to the new user:

su - 'urlwatch'

Configure urlwatch:

urlwatch --edit-config

NOTE:

By default the application configuration file is stored under the following path: ${HOME}/.urlwatch/urlwatch.yaml.

Configure the URLs to be monitored:

urlwatch --edit

NOTE:

By default the URL configuration file is stored under the following path: ${HOME}/.urlwatch/urls.yaml.

Edit the cron job and add the following line:

crontab -e

0  0  *  *  *  /bin/urlwatch

List the monitored URLs:

urlwatch --list

Test the configuration:

while read count; do
  urlwatch --test-filter "${count}"
done < <(urlwatch --list | sed --regexp-extended 's/^([0-9]+).*$/\1/')