Kibitzr is an open-source automation tool that monitors websites and sends alerts when updates occur. It supports a variety of notification methods, including email, Slack, and Telegram. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Kibitzr on Windows 10.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Open your command prompt by pressing Windows key + R and typing cmd in the Run dialog box.
Type the following command to install Kibitzr using pip:
pip install kibitzr
Once the installation is complete, open the Kibitzr configuration file by running the following command:
kibitzr edit
This opens the configuration file named kibitzr.yml in your default text editor.
Add a website to monitor by specifying its URL inside the tasks section of the kibitzr.yml file. For example, to monitor updates on the website https://example.com, add the following lines to the file:
tasks:
- url: https://example.com
Save and close the kibitzr.yml file.
To run Kibitzr, type the following command in the command prompt:
kibitzr run
Kibitzr will now monitor the website specified in the kibitzr.yml file for changes and send an alert if any updates occur.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kibitzr on Windows 10 and configured it to monitor a website for updates. With Kibitzr, you can automate your web monitoring tasks and get timely alerts when changes occur.
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