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You just curl the site or use its API, if it has one? Then you store the result in a database and see if its value has flipped. I don't get the question; this i
by esafak 11mo ago
You just curl the site or use its API, if it has one? Then you store the result in a database and see if its value has flipped. I don't get the question; this is trivial.
- dylanowen 11mo agoThat's if the website you're querying is a static html file but the web is much more dynamic and varied. Some of the questions I have: does yesnotice execute js, does it handle an answer appearing on a different page, does it handle ambiguous launch language. In essence: how does it work?
- zahlman 11mo ago> YesNotice works by periodically checking the status of the item you care about (e.g., product stock, website availability, domain status) and comparing it to the previous status. When it detects a change from no to yes, it sends you a notification via email. How does it generalize arbitrary indications of status into yes/no? How does it know how to use arbitrary APIs to obtain arbitrary indications of status?
- scubbo 11mo ago> Additionally, YesNotice will provide an estimated availability timeline for the question, so you can have some information about when to expect the change. How is that trivial in the general case?
- esafak 11mo agoLet's see how accurate those predictions are before worrying about the how.
- DougN7 11mo agoAnd how exactly does it call any arbitrary API or know which site to curl for any arbitrary question a user might ask? Your answer doesn’t contemplate the how this actually works.
- esafak 11mo agoAccording to https://yesnotice.com/about/ https://yesnotice.com/about/ it uses "AI-powered web search" so the heavy lifting is likely outsourced.
- notatoad 11mo agowhat site does it check? what api does it call? one of the examples is to see if a new coffee shop is opened in town. what's the API to call for that?