[feature] Use a chrome plugin that can both add the site and the cookies that were used at the time (keep the login etc)

[dgtlmoon]

[feature] Use a chrome plugin that can both add the site and the cookies that were used at the time (keep the login etc)

[QuinnyPig]

Okay, that's eerie. I was just coming here to ask if there was an existing way to hook an extension or JS bookmarklet up to the ChangeDetection API to add a watch "on the go" without a bunch of manual clickety-pokety steps.

Ignoring the login aspect, does such a thing exist?

[dgtlmoon]

@QuinnyPig start of it is here https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io-browser-extension/tree/master

But we are still waiting for Google to authorise our publisher account :(

[dgtlmoon]

for the cookies part - we will add a API endpoint called "cookieJar", then we can PUT (update) cookies for a watch uuid api/v1/cookiejar/{uuid} in the netscape cookie jar plaintext format https://docs.python.org/3/library/http.cookiejar.html

then our new browser extension can also update a watch with the cookies directly from the browser

this also solves lots of problems like being able to stay logged in when running checks/browsersteps

work arounds for cloudflare etc (maybe a hook that can activate if the cookiejar is empty)

[QuinnyPig]

Let's see if I can get that process unstuck.

Separately, I wonder how much work it would be to port that work to Firefox as well.

[dgtlmoon]

@QuinnyPig I believe the plugin will mostly work in firefox (I'm also waiting at the mozilla app store also), if you really want to help us out, any chance of a nice mention about us on your twitter stream? :) <3 it would help motivate to get this code out!

[dgtlmoon]

Firefox version is out!

Ok the firefox/mozilla experience as a developer is horrendous, their backend for managing your plugins looks like its written by a 12 year old who has no empathy or design abilities

mismatched fonts, non-responsive, weird mismatch colour scheme, poorly written error messages... not great considering their (mozillas) income!

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cdio-website-monitor/

[dgtlmoon]

Firefox sucks! we will pull that extension.

@QuinnyPig could you try https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/changedetectionio-website/kefcfmgmlhmankjmnbijimhofdjekbop?hl=en-GB&authuser=0 ? please give me your feedback

[iG8R]

@dgtlmoon
Hello.
Yeah, Firefox sucks!
Could you please make cdio-website-monitor available as xpi in your repository?