From 8adcd9f1fada1094c4cb50a335ddc9a1ad9b6dbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Westgate Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:07:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add README.md --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3c93b84 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +This web app allows a user to be notified via e-mail when a website they wish to track has been updated. Updates are currently monitored via periodic HEAD requests to specified urls, and checking for updates of etag or last-modified headers. Future versions of this application will perform more sophisticated checks of the web page. + +Deployers of this application will also need to supply access to an SMTP server for e-mail notifications and should implement SSL for secure authenication. + +My deployment of this application is hosted at webmonitor.ddns.me. Enjoy!