Locally specify paths to roster and pswd

Author: xiumingzhang

README.md

@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ Create a conda environment with all dependencies:
 
 ## Running
 
-1. Specify the URLs that you'd like to track (and optionally, their options) by
-editing `roster.json`; see `roster.json.example`.
+1. Specify the URLs that you'd like to track (and optional URL-specific
+arguments) by editing `./roster.json`.
 
-1. Edit `gmail_app_pswd`, with its content being your Gmail app-specific password
-(a Gmail-only password; see how to set one up [here](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en)).
+1. Create a file `./gmail_app_pswd`, with its content being your Gmail
+*app-specific* password (NOT your Google account password; see how to set one
+up [here](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en)).
 
 1. Activate the environment and run the monitor:
 

gmail_app_pswd

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 
 FLAGS = flags.FLAGS
 flags.DEFINE_string('roster_json', './roster.json', 'path to the roster')
-flags.DEFINE_string('gmail', 'xiuming6zhang@gmail.com', 'email address')
+flags.DEFINE_string('gmail', 'xiuming6zhang@gmail.com', 'Gmail address')
+flags.DEFINE_string('gmail_pswd_path', './gmail_app_pswd',
+                    'Gmail app-specific password')
 flags.DEFINE_integer('check_every', 43200, 'check every N seconds')
 flags.DEFINE_integer('exit_after', None, 'quit after N seconds')
 flags.DEFINE_string('snapshot_dir', './snapshots',
@@ -71,7 +73,10 @@ def main(_):
         msg = ''
         for url, delta in zip(changed, deltas):
           msg += f'------\n{url}\n\n{delta}\n\n\n'
-        util.email_oneself(msg, FLAGS.gmail, subject='Webpage Monitor')
+        util.email_oneself(msg,
+                           FLAGS.gmail,
+                           gmail_pswd_path=FLAGS.gmail_pswd_path,
+                           subject='Webpage Monitor')
 
         logging.info('Change detected; email sent')
       else:

main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "https://xiuming.info/": {},
+  "https://www.weizmann.ac.il/math/dekel/publications-0": {
+    "ignore_prefix": [
+      "<script>jQuery.extend",
+      "<script id=\"f5_cspm\">"
+    ]
+  }
+}

roster.json

@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ def folder_name_from_url(url):
   return folder_name
 
 
-def email_oneself(msg, gmail, subject='Untitled', pswd_path='./gmail_app_pswd'):
-  pswd = read_file(pswd_path)
+def email_oneself(msg,
+                  gmail,
+                  gmail_pswd_path='./gmail_app_pswd',
+                  subject='Untitled'):
+  pswd = read_file(gmail_pswd_path)
   pswd = pswd.strip()
 
   to_emails = [gmail]