zdaar/website-watcher

Website Watcher

A simple Docker-based app to monitor websites and send Pushover notifications when their status changes.

Overview

Website Watcher helps you keep an eye on multiple websites, showing their status in a straightforward web interface and notifying you via Pushover when a site goes down or comes back up.

Features

• Monitor multiple websites simultaneously
• Web interface for status updates
• Pushover notifications for status changes
• Easy setup with Docker
• Pre-load websites to monitor

Requirements

• Docker and Docker Compose
• Pushover account (for notifications)

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/zdaar/website-watcher.git
   cd website-watcher
   

2. Create a .env file in the project root based on .env.example:

   PUSHOVER_USER_KEY=your_key_here
   PUSHOVER_API_TOKEN=your_token_here
   PUSHOVER_DEVICES=your_device_name
   WEBSITES_TO_MONITOR=https://example.com,https://example.org
   

3. Build and start the Docker container:

   docker-compose up --build
   

4. Access the app at http://localhost:9988

Usage

1. Open http://localhost:9988 in your browser
2. Enter a URL you want to monitor
3. Click "Start Monitoring"
4. Repeat for additional sites

The web interface updates every 5 seconds, and the app checks each site every minute. You'll receive a Pushover notification when a site's status changes from Up to Down or from Down to Up.

Customization

• Modify check frequency: Edit the sleep timer in app/models.py
• Adjust the UI: Modify templates/index.html
• Pre-load websites: Add URLs to the WEBSITES_TO_MONITOR variable in your .env file

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.