Re: notification in python

2010-09-28 Thread harryos
hi Erik that was food for thought..content length may not work if substitutions leave length unchanged.. Will look into L distance ..thanks for the suggestion regards harry > Content length (which you could also get using the HTTP header "Content > Length") won't necessarily tell you if content h

Re: notification in python

2010-09-28 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Harryos, Den 28/09/2010 kl. 09.56 skrev harryos: > thanks Erik, > By 'update' I meant a major addition/removal of text(say 100 > characters). > Initially I thought of making hash of a page and comparing it to the > saved hash of the same page at a different moment of time..But ,this > would > ca

Re: notification in python

2010-09-28 Thread harryos
> You could also try looking at the HTTP headers for a request for e.g. > "index.htm" using urllib. Specifically the "Expires" and "Last-Modified". > Using headers values requires that you can trust the site on the header > content. Web servers and caching proxies can do all sorts of things with

Re: notification in python

2010-09-27 Thread Erik Cederstrand
Den 27/09/2010 kl. 19.02 skrev harryos: > thanks for the pointer > I am trying to get something similar to changedetection but with > hourly updates. > I need to get updates from a number of sites..So I was wondering how > to implement an updating utility You could also try looking at the HTTP

Re: notification in python

2010-09-27 Thread Shawn Milochik
I did a quick Google search and didn't find anything that was obviously solving this problem. I did see companies that sell this service, and probably with good reason. Due to dynamic content such as ads, data from RSS feeds, and simply auto-generated content from server-side code, it seems tha

Re: notification in python

2010-09-27 Thread harryos
thanks for the pointer I am trying to get something similar to changedetection but with hourly updates. I need to get updates from a number of sites..So I was wondering how to implement an updating utility harry On Sep 27, 9:16 pm, Shawn Milochik wrote: > If you're asking for functionality like

Re: notification in python

2010-09-27 Thread Shawn Milochik
If you're asking for functionality like this: http://www.changedetection.com/ Or are you looking for something to embed in your own code to know when something has happened on your own site? If the former, you can probably do it by scheduling a urlopen and saving its hash, comparing it each tim

notification in python

2010-09-27 Thread harryos
hi Is there an opensource notification utility in python/django?I mean, something I can use to know when a website updates a page? If someone knows about one,please let me know thanks harry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post