Website monitoring

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Hello everyone,

I am passionate about discovering automation on make!

I am a beginner .. and i want to monitor the sitemap of a website to see if any pages have been updated or created.

I have tried to create a script but I keep getting stuck.

I was thinking of starting with a Google Sheet file with the current data (3 columns: URL; Images; Last Mod.) => then querying the site => then a text parser and aggregator.. But I find myself stuck on my reflection after that…

Do you have any ideas and advice?

Thank you.

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Welcome to the Make community!

This is an interesting idea. First thought is to just store a hash of the source code, and compare it with the hash of the next time the scenario runs.

Let me know if you figure it out!

I would suggest completing the Make Academy before jumping into building a complete scenario. If you need specific assistance when you are building a scenario it’s easier to help you then. Otherwise, you can also hire a professional by posting a request in the Hire a Pro category.

Here are some useful links and guides you can use to learn more on how to use the Make platform, apps, and app modules. I found these useful when I was learning Make, and hope they might benefit you too —

Getting Started

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Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.

— @samliew

P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.