Hi, I want to track a webpage as in when the selected text appears again on the page, I would like to be notified. For example, if “ABC” is written somewhere on the page, I would like to be notified when a new “ABC” appears on the page. So not when the current “ABC” disappears or changes but when a new “ABC” appears. This is because I am following a rental listing website and the new ones appears with the label “New”. So I want to be notified when a “New” label appears in addition to the ones already present. How do I do this?
@bkeman it depends on how the site displays the list and adds a new property to the listing. does the order of listing remain fixed or does it change?
I think it changes. What I mean is that there is a list of rentals and when a new one is posted, it shows as “New”. So for example if there are currently 5 rentals on the page, when a “new” one is posted, it will be placed on the first spot. So there will be 6 rentals. I want to catch that first “new”rental.
Ho Ajitk, thanks for the replies. Is there any other way to contact you for faster communication perhaps?
is it always at the first? if yes, you can monitor the first post to get alerted. a condition text contains new should trigger alert only when the this post contains the new label.
feel free to share the url.
this forum is the best way.
I tried it now, hope it works. I will post here again if it doesnt. Thanks
Hi Ajitk, I wanted to follow up on this because I am trying this method. so I am trying to track a website again for new content. I am tracking a website for new rentals. THere is a specific page. When I click on the page, currently it says
”At the moment, there are no residences that match your selected criteria. Try using less filters or search again.”
But when there is a new apartment available, I can see the property, its rent, size etc. When I select to add a new monitor in Distill app, I go to the website. But the app wants me to select an element on the page to track that element. But the problem is I don’t have an element to track because the page is empty except for the above mentioned text that there is no availailibity. But when a new apatment becomes available, there will be apartments with their features shown on the page but now I cannot select it since they are not available at the moment. What should I do? Thanks