Web Page Monitor

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Description

This bundle will check a set of webpages every interval and index the result, time, size and optionally content and or crc of page(s). It's cool to do searches to see when your pages change, take long to load, or many other cool things.

ABOUT WEBPING BUNDLE
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This bundle will check a set of webpages every interval and index the result, time, size and optionally content and or crc of page(s).

To start:
Copy bundle into your etc/bundles directory
Modify the following arguements in urls.conf
For each url you wish to check, add a stanza like the following
mypage
url = http://www.mypage.com
timeout = 10
indexResults = false
userAgent = Mozilla/4.0
indexMD5 = false
indexResults = false

You can add as many pages above as you wish.
Make sure that each page has a unique name ex. mypage
If you index the Results, be careful the payload can be large.

If you have bugs or suggestions please let me know. erik@splunk.com.
Good luck!

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TODO:
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- add in the filtering and matching from the imap bundle so you can filter content
- add back in the n level crawling
- add support for auth/login

Versions and Release Notes

Version 1.5 (current version - updated Dec 10, 2008)

Other Versions show »

Version 1.4 (updated Dec 10, 2008)
Version 1.1 (updated Aug 15, 2008)
Version 1.0 (updated Aug 19, 2007)

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About This App

Version 1.5
Last Updated: Dec 10, 2008
Author: erik
Splunk Version: 4.x
Price: Free
License: Creative Commons
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