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web-monitor/README.md
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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.
to install dependencies:
cd server
npm i
to run:
npm run prod
Deployers of this application will also need to supply access to an SMTP server in config.js for e-mail notifications, and should implement SSL for secure authenication.
Future updates will include:
- Encrypted password storge (High priority)
- Account management (change password, delete accounts)
- Fine tuning of notification preferences(frequency and time to check for website updates)
- More robust, and threshold checks for web page differences (currently using last-modified and etag HTTP headers)