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Check for updates on a page without overchecking?

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#1 ·  Posted

Hey,

I'm looking for a way to check a webpage (an inbox) for updates (new messages) periodically without overchecking and owning the sites bandwidth...

Anyone know of a way to do this in autoit?

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#2 ·  Posted

Hi,

Maybe a HEAD request would do the trick if the server returns the "Not Modified" status when there is no new messages.

Can you tell us which e-mail service do you use?

Br, FireFox.

 

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#4 ·  Posted

Does the Forum grant you permission to do something like this? For example automating the AutoIt Forum is forbidden, which is why I ask.

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#5 ·  Posted

It depends if the service in question supports RSS feed or whatever. Otherwise you could load the page and when you have the title? tag, close the connection, but it's not efficient.

(I'm not going further as I don't know which service you are using, and as almost all services forbid this kind of action.)

Br, FireFox.

 

OS : Win XP SP2 (32 bits) / Win 7 SP1 (64 bits) / Win 8 (64 bits) | Autoit version: latest stable / beta.
Hardware : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10Ghz / 8 GiB RAM DDR3.

My UDFs : Skype UDF | TrayIconEx UDF | GUI Panel UDF | Excel XML UDF | Is_Pressed_UDF

My Projects : YouTube Multi-downloader | FTP Easy-UP | Lock'n | WinKill | AVICapture | Skype TM | Tap Maker | ShellNew | Scriptner | Const Replacer | FT_Pocket | Chrome theme maker

My Examples : Capture tool | IP Camera | Crosshair | Draw Captured Region | Picture Screensaver | Jscreenfix | Drivetemp | Picture viewer

My Snippets : Basic TCP | Systray_GetIconIndex | Intercept End task | Winpcap various | Advanced HotKeySet | Transparent Edit control

 

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#6 ·  Posted (edited)

Does the Forum grant you permission to do something like this? For example automating the AutoIt Forum is forbidden, which is why I ask.

Yes, I grant my own permission :P It's my own site lol

Proof can be given via PM

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#7 ·  Posted

It's my own site lol

And you can't customize it?  :mellow:

 

OS : Win XP SP2 (32 bits) / Win 7 SP1 (64 bits) / Win 8 (64 bits) | Autoit version: latest stable / beta.
Hardware : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10Ghz / 8 GiB RAM DDR3.

My UDFs : Skype UDF | TrayIconEx UDF | GUI Panel UDF | Excel XML UDF | Is_Pressed_UDF

My Projects : YouTube Multi-downloader | FTP Easy-UP | Lock'n | WinKill | AVICapture | Skype TM | Tap Maker | ShellNew | Scriptner | Const Replacer | FT_Pocket | Chrome theme maker

My Examples : Capture tool | IP Camera | Crosshair | Draw Captured Region | Picture Screensaver | Jscreenfix | Drivetemp | Picture viewer

My Snippets : Basic TCP | Systray_GetIconIndex | Intercept End task | Winpcap various | Advanced HotKeySet | Transparent Edit control

 

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#8 ·  Posted

And you can't customize it?  :mellow:

I'm trying to do it offsite in order to have a tool to check without having to have the site open also, no I prolly couldn't do it onsite even if I wanted to :/

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#9 ·  Posted

I'm trying to do it offsite

I understand that. Make a get/post request and only return the new message count (using a simple sql request).

Br, FireFox.

 

OS : Win XP SP2 (32 bits) / Win 7 SP1 (64 bits) / Win 8 (64 bits) | Autoit version: latest stable / beta.
Hardware : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10Ghz / 8 GiB RAM DDR3.

My UDFs : Skype UDF | TrayIconEx UDF | GUI Panel UDF | Excel XML UDF | Is_Pressed_UDF

My Projects : YouTube Multi-downloader | FTP Easy-UP | Lock'n | WinKill | AVICapture | Skype TM | Tap Maker | ShellNew | Scriptner | Const Replacer | FT_Pocket | Chrome theme maker

My Examples : Capture tool | IP Camera | Crosshair | Draw Captured Region | Picture Screensaver | Jscreenfix | Drivetemp | Picture viewer

My Snippets : Basic TCP | Systray_GetIconIndex | Intercept End task | Winpcap various | Advanced HotKeySet | Transparent Edit control

 

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