How to check if content of webpage has been changed?

Question

Basically I\'m trying to run some code (Python 2.7) if the content on a website changes, otherwise wait for a bit and check it later.

I\'m thinking of comparing

Answer 1

Hope this helps.

store the html files -- two versions..

one was the html which was taken before an hour. -- first.html

second is the html which was taken now -- second.html

Run the command :

$ diff first.html second.html > diffs.txt

If the diffs has some text then the file is changed.