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Markdown
18 lines
827 B
Markdown
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.
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to install dependencies:
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cd server
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npm i
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to run:
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npm run prod
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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.
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Future updates will include:
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- Encrypted password storge (High priority)
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- Account management (change password, delete accounts)
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- Fine tuning of notification preferences(frequency and time to check for website updates)
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- More robust, and threshold checks for web page differences (currently using last-modified and etag HTTP headers)
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