muskanmahajan37/oat

Only Allow This

OAT

Only Allow This

Idea

An application that will take

input

A string of website A Start Time End Time

Output

Allow Only This websites to be launched in that time frame. Evething else just redirects to nothing.

issues

• abrupt shutdowns may leave hosts "unrestored" from backup host file.
  • solution could be to do this in memory. Like create a new temporary host file and let it work till session is running. Once the OS is shutdown, we need not have to worry about backups. Oh well. Good.

Implementation - bruteforce

High Level

• A small GUI that takes either
  • a file containing the websites
  • or type manually urls
• A time defining widget
• Run buttong

Low Level

• Read the url strings
• check if already a backup exists
  • if exists
    • match with current hostfile
    • if no difference then ignore
    • if difference, overwrite,because we might have abruptly closed last session.Need inplace version.
• backup the original host file for initial run.
• modify the host files at the start time specified by the user, with the websites the user has given.
  • windows(High priority)
  • mac
  • linux
• Then restore the host file from the backup file when time is up.

Implementation - in memory version

• get the current host file from OS.
• Create a new temporary file. Add new rules.
• Start the process when start time triggeres.
• Make OS lookup our new host file till session runs.

Features- Todo

• Add pomodoro - simple
• Add pomodoro - with internet blocker, like for 25 min ,no internet, then 5 min you have. But you need a toggle. Can merge with previous one.