Java WebMonitor - A command line Java app to monitor web sites and send out email notifications. Schedule with crontab -e or Windows Scheduled Tasks.

Quick Start (Unix/Linux)

In folder with webmonitor-1.1.jar:

Copy example.config.xml to config.xml and configure put in your SMTP server info and the URLs you want to monitor. The app will look for the string specified in the check attribute in the response.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<config>
  <notification>
    <from>Web Monitor &lt;no-reply@YOUR_DOMAIN.com&gt;</from>
    <to>YOUR_TO_ADDRESS</to>
  </notification>
  <smtp>
    <host>SMTP_HOST</host>
    <port>465</port>
    <login>SMTP_LOGIN</login>
    <pwd>SMTP_PASSWORD</pwd>
    <notifyEmails>NOTIFICATION_EMAIL</notifyEmails>
  </smtp>
  <urlInfos>
    <urlInfo><url>https://YOUR_URL</url><check>CHECK_STRING</check></urlInfo>
  </urlInfos>
</config>

java -cp webmonitor-1.1.jar:target/lib/* chinhdo.webmonitor.App

Frequently Asked Questions

How to I build the app?

mvn clean install

or

mvn -B package --file pom.xml

How to run app on Unix/Linux:

java -cp .:webmonitor-1.1.jar:lib/* chinhdo.webmonitor.App

How do I run on Windows?

java -cp webmonitor-1.1.jar;lib/* chinhdo.webmonitor.App

Or you can run with Maven from the project

mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="chinhdo.webmonitor.App"

How do I crate a single JAR?

mvn assembly:single

How do I get help?

Create an issue if you need help or contact me.