Ask HN: What are the best tools to detect website changes?

by iamandrason 8/29/2022, 9:55 PMwith 5 comments

I would like to get notified when certain websites change.

I used visualping so far, but many websites have way too many moving elements. Comparing screenshots to detect changes caused too many false alerts. What other tools I should try?

by sergesalageron 8/30/2022, 3:10 PM

Have you tried Visualping's action tools? There is one called "blocker" that prevents dynamic elements from loading. You can use this to prevent false alerts coming from them.

Here is a nice YouTube tutorial: https://youtu.be/cQEMypuoX0E

Also check the resource center for more details: https://help.visualping.io/en/articles/5948932-how-do-i-use-....

Hope this helps!

by gregsadetskyon 8/29/2022, 10:00 PM

I use ChangeTower in addition to Visualping.

by hmahnckeon 8/29/2022, 10:17 PM

trackly.io