HTML-Source-Code-Scanner

A java application that automatically checks a website's HTML source code for changes and alerts the user when changes have occurred.

Example Use Cases

• Joe recently attended a try-out for a travel sports team. He want to be alerted when the team website is updated with the new roster.
• As a software QA tester, Sallie wants to make sure that only certain pages are changed when new code is released.
• Bill is a huge FatBurger fan. He recently heard that a FatBurger will be opening in a local shopping center. On FatBurger's website, the page for the new location says "Coming Soon!". Bill wants to be alerted when that website for the new location changes.

Features:

• The user can define a website to track and a scanning update interval (including indefinite scans).
• The user is provided with an activity log that displays the current progress of the application, as well as timestamps for each record creation.
• Timestamps are automatically set in relation the user's current timezone.
• When a source code change is detected, a source code change report is generated and saved to the user's desktop.

How To Run The Application

• Download the current JAR file included in this repository.
• Save the file to a known directory.
• Open the command line.
• Make the directory in which you saved the file the current directory.
  (For example, in Windows, enter this: "cd C:/Users/<Your windows user profile name>/Desktop/", if you saved it on your Desktop).
• Run the application via the following command: "java -jar VersionX.X.jar" (replace "X.X" with the version that you want to run).

Intended Improvements:

• Polish the user experience.
• Allow the user to filter out certain HTML code changes from registering as a change.
• Build a UI or enhance the application for command-line execution.
• Allow the user to create an alert notification (email/text message).
• Support parameterized execution (this allows for the user to run the application via an automation server i.e. Jenkins)

Disclaimer:

Only to be used on your own websites, or websites in which you have permission to monitor the HTML code. Libraries used within this work are subject to the Apache License 2.0 and The MIT License. Additionally, please abide by the license of this work. Please review the aforementioned licenses before using, distributing, reproducing, or modifying this work.