code to refresh and check the code of a webpage..

[vaggelis]

Hi,
I would like to create a code, which will refresh a web page every a time period and after every refresh to check its code in order to find a string. if it finds this string more than 1 time, to inform me with a message or a sound.
Is it possible..?
thanks in advance

[Norm]

Yes, it is possible.

[ContoNick]

Hi vaggelis.
As already Norm say'd, yes it is possible.
Since u have to check every xx time something, u can use Thread (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2).

and for reading from website u can google some solution or here is one:

// code c+p from http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/3553
import java.io.*;
import java.net.URL;

public class WebsiteReader
{
	public static BufferedReader read(String url) throws Exception{
		return new BufferedReader(
			new InputStreamReader(
				new URL(url).openStream()));}

	public static void main (String[] args) throws Exception{
		BufferedReader reader = read(args[0]);
		String line = reader.readLine();

		while (line != null) {
			System.out.println(line);
			line = reader.readLine(); }}
}

if u got some clever project, we can do it together since i have a lot free time :)
Good luck.

[Norm]

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[vaggelis]

thank you a lot..
Norm, could you be more specific..?

[Norm]

Do you have a specific question?
For a large general topic like your project, you will need break it down into smaller parts and research each part.
Google can help.