This app monitors URLs and Files for changes. It runs from the command prompt, just pass the URLs as the parameters. If its a file use file:/// URL. It uses Internet Explorer URLMon library to download the URLs. To see how to use just open urlnotify.exe file. Great for RSS feeds, comments feeds and blogs.
program urlnotify; {$APPTYPE CONSOLE} {$RESOURCE URLNotifier.res} uses SysUtils, windows, urlmon, Classes,mmsystem, shellapi; const Table: Array[0..255] of DWord = ($00000000, $77073096, $EE0E612C, $990951BA, $076DC419, $706AF48F, $E963A535, $9E6495A3, $0EDB8832, $79DCB8A4, $E0D5E91E, $97D2D988, $09B64C2B, $7EB17CBD, $E7B82D07, $90BF1D91, $1DB71064, $6AB020F2, $F3B97148, $84BE41DE, $1ADAD47D, $6DDDE4EB, $F4D4B551, $83D385C7, $136C9856, $646BA8C0, $FD62F97A, $8A65C9EC, $14015C4F, $63066CD9, $FA0F3D63, $8D080DF5, $3B6E20C8, $4C69105E, $D56041E4, $A2677172, $3C03E4D1, $4B04D447, $D20D85FD, $A50AB56B, $35B5A8FA, $42B2986C, $DBBBC9D6, $ACBCF940, $32D86CE3, $45DF5C75, $DCD60DCF, $ABD13D59, $26D930AC, $51DE003A, $C8D75180, $BFD06116, $21B4F4B5, $56B3C423, $CFBA9599, $B8BDA50F, $2802B89E, $5F058808, $C60CD9B2, $B10BE924, $2F6F7C87, $58684C11, $C1611DAB, $B6662D3D, $76DC4190, $01DB7106, $98D220BC, $EFD5102A, $71B18589, $06B6B51F, $9FBFE4A5, $E8B8D433, $7807C9A2, $0F00F934, $9609A88E, $E10E9818, $7F6A0DBB, $086D3D2D, $91646C97, $E6635C01, $6B6B51F4, $1C6C6162, $856530D8, $F262004E, $6C0695ED, $1B01A57B, $8208F4C1, $F50FC457, $65B0D9C6, $12B7E950, $8BBEB8EA, $FCB9887C, $62DD1DDF, $15DA2D49, $8CD37CF3, $FBD44C65, $4DB26158, $3AB551CE, $A3BC0074, $D4BB30E2, $4ADFA541, $3DD895D7, $A4D1C46D, $D3D6F4FB, $4369E96A, $346ED9FC, $AD678846, $DA60B8D0, $44042D73, $33031DE5, $AA0A4C5F, $DD0D7CC9, $5005713C, $270241AA, $BE0B1010, $C90C2086, $5768B525, $206F85B3, $B966D409, $CE61E49F, $5EDEF90E, $29D9C998, $B0D09822, $C7D7A8B4, $59B33D17, $2EB40D81, $B7BD5C3B, $C0BA6CAD, $EDB88320, $9ABFB3B6, $03B6E20C, $74B1D29A, $EAD54739, $9DD277AF, $04DB2615, $73DC1683, $E3630B12, $94643B84, $0D6D6A3E, $7A6A5AA8, $E40ECF0B, $9309FF9D, $0A00AE27, $7D079EB1, $F00F9344, $8708A3D2, $1E01F268, $6906C2FE, $F762575D, $806567CB, $196C3671, $6E6B06E7, $FED41B76, $89D32BE0, $10DA7A5A, $67DD4ACC, $F9B9DF6F, $8EBEEFF9, $17B7BE43, $60B08ED5, $D6D6A3E8, $A1D1937E, $38D8C2C4, $4FDFF252, $D1BB67F1, $A6BC5767, $3FB506DD, $48B2364B, $D80D2BDA, $AF0A1B4C, $36034AF6, $41047A60, $DF60EFC3, $A867DF55, $316E8EEF, $4669BE79, $CB61B38C, $BC66831A, $256FD2A0, $5268E236, $CC0C7795, $BB0B4703, $220216B9, $5505262F, $C5BA3BBE, $B2BD0B28, $2BB45A92, $5CB36A04, $C2D7FFA7, $B5D0CF31, $2CD99E8B, $5BDEAE1D, $9B64C2B0, $EC63F226, $756AA39C, $026D930A, $9C0906A9, $EB0E363F, $72076785, $05005713, $95BF4A82, $E2B87A14, $7BB12BAE, $0CB61B38, $92D28E9B, $E5D5BE0D, $7CDCEFB7, $0BDBDF21, $86D3D2D4, $F1D4E242, $68DDB3F8, $1FDA836E, $81BE16CD, $F6B9265B, $6FB077E1, $18B74777, $88085AE6, $FF0F6A70, $66063BCA, $11010B5C, $8F659EFF, $F862AE69, $616BFFD3, $166CCF45, $A00AE278, $D70DD2EE, $4E048354, $3903B3C2, $A7672661, $D06016F7, $4969474D, $3E6E77DB, $AED16A4A, $D9D65ADC, $40DF0B66, $37D83BF0, $A9BCAE53, $DEBB9EC5, $47B2CF7F, $30B5FFE9, $BDBDF21C, $CABAC28A, $53B39330, $24B4A3A6, $BAD03605, $CDD70693, $54DE5729, $23D967BF, $B3667A2E, $C4614AB8, $5D681B02, $2A6F2B94, $B40BBE37, $C30C8EA1, $5A05DF1B, $2D02EF8D); LOG_FAILED_REQUEST=2; LOG_CHANGED_FOUND=1; LOG_STARTUP=3; LOG_REGFAILED=4; SOUND_MODE_OFF=0; SOUND_MODE_PLAY_ONCE=1; SOUND_MODE_BEEP=2; var CurrentFN,ELComputer:array[0..max_path]of char; I:integer; herr:hresult; seerr:hinst; hel:thandle; hkel,hkApp,CheckSumKey:hkey; soundmode,eltypes,currentcrc,newcrc,rs,sleeptime:dword; mbText:array[0..1024]of char; function WriteEvent(id,wtype,rawsize:dword;Strs:array of PChar;raw:pointer):boolean; begin hel:=registereventsource(elcomputer,'URLNotifier'); if length(strs)>0then result:=reportevent(hel,wtype,0,id,nil,length(strs),rawsize, @strs[0],raw)else result:=reportevent(hel,wtype,0,id,nil,0,rawsize,nil,raw); deregistereventsource(hel); end; procedure CalcCRC32(const FileName: String; var CRC32: dword); var F: file; BytesRead: dword; Buffer: Array[1..65521] of byte; i: Word; begin FileMode := 0; CRC32 := $ffffffff; {$I-} AssignFile(F, FileName); Reset(F, 1); if IOResult = 0 then begin repeat BlockRead(F, Buffer, SizeOf(Buffer), BytesRead); for i := 1 to BytesRead do CRC32 := (CRC32 shr 8) xor Table[Buffer[i] xor (CRC32 and $000000FF)]; until BytesRead = 0; end; CloseFile(F); {$I+} CRC32 := not CRC32; end; function getURLSize:string; var h:thandle; begin h:=createfile(currentfn,generic_read,file_share_read or file_share_write or file_share_delete,nil,open_existing,file_attribute_normal,0); result:=formatfloat('0,',getfilesize(h,nil))+' Bytes'; closehandle(h); end; function finishMonitoring(ctrltype:dword):Boolean; begin regclosekey(hkapp); regclosekey(checksumkey); deregistereventsource(hel); writeln(datetimetostr(now),' - Monitoring aborted'); Exitprocess(0); end; begin if paramcount=0then begin writeln('Usage: ',extractfilename(paramstr(0)),' URL1 URL2 etc...'); writeln( 'To enable/disable beeping type ',extractfilename(paramstr(0)),' /BEEP [/OFF] [freq] [duration]'); writeln( 'To enable/disable sound type ',extractfilename(paramstr(0)),' /SOUND [/OFF]'); writeln;writeln('App icon by Icons8'); write('Press enter to quit...');readln;exitprocess(0); end; writeln('URL Notifier v1.0'); if stricomp(pchar(paramstr(1)),'/DELETE')=0then begin if regdeletekey(hkey_current_user,'Software\Justin\URL Notifier\Checksums')<> error_success then writeln('Deletion failed.');exitprocess(0); end; regcreatekey(hkey_current_user,'Software\Justin\URLNotifier',hkapp); zeromemory(@currentfn,sizeof(currentfn)); if regcreatekey(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\URLNotifier',hkel)= error_success then begin eltypes:=EVENTLOG_AUDIT_FAILURE or EVENTLOG_AUDIT_SUCCESS or EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE or eventlog_information_type; regsetvalueex(hkel,'TypesSupported',0,reg_dword,@eltypes,4);regsetvalueex(hkel, 'EventMessageFile',0,reg_sz,pchar(paramstr(0)),(1+length(paramstr(0))* sizeof(char)));regclosekey(hkel);rs:=sizeof(elcomputer);strcopy(elcomputer, '\\127.0.0.1');regqueryvalueex(hkapp,'EventLogComputer',nil,nil,@elcomputer,@rs); writeevent(log_startup,eventlog_information_type,0,[],nil); end else writeln('Notice: Could not register eventlog, please run as admin first'); if stricomp('/BEEP',pchar(paramstr(1)))=0then begin if stricomp(pchar(paramstr(2)), '/OFF')=0then soundmode :=0 else soundmode:=makelong(makeword(sound_mode_beep, strtointdef(paramstr(3),5)),strtointdef(paramstr(2),1000));writeln(Syserrormessage( regsetvalueex(hkapp,'SoundMode',0,reg_dword,@soundmode,4)));regclosekey(hkapp); exitprocess(0); end; if stricomp('/SOUND',pchar(paramstr(1)))=0then begin if stricomp(pchar(paramstr(2)), '/OFF')=0then soundmode :=0 else soundmode:=SOUND_MODE_PLAY_ONCE; writeln(Syserrormessage(regsetvalueex(hkapp,'SoundMode',0,reg_dword,@soundmode,4))); regclosekey(hkapp); exitprocess(0); end; writeln(datetimetostr(now),' - Started, Monitoring ',paramcount,' URL(s)'); regcreatekey(hkapp,'CheckSums',checksumkey); SetConsoleCtrlHandler(@finishmonitoring,true); while true do begin rs:=4;soundmode:=SOUND_MODE_OFF;Regqueryvalueex(hkapp,'SoundMode',nil,nil, @soundmode,@rs);rs:=4;sleeptime:=6;regqueryvalueeX(hkapp,'SleepTime',nil,nil, @sleeptime,@rs); for i:=1to paramcount do begin rs:=4;currentcrc:=0;regqueryvalueex(checksumkey, pchar(paramstr(i)),nil,nil,@currentcrc,@rs);herr:=urldownloadtocachefile(nil, PChar(paramstr(i)),currentfn,max_path,0,nil);if herr=s_ok then begin calccrc32(currentfn,newcrc);if(newcrc<>currentcrc)and(currentcrc>0)and(newcrc>0) then begin case lobyte(loword(soundmode))of sound_mode_beep:beep(hiword(soundmode),hibyte(loword(soundmode))*1000); sound_mode_play_once:playsound('OnChange.wav',0,snd_filename or snd_async); end; writeevent(log_changed_found,eventlog_audit_success,0,[pchar(paramstr(i))], nil);writeln(datetimetostr(now),' - Changed: ',paramstr(1),#32,geturlsize, ' CRC32:',inttohex(newcrc,8));case messagebox(0,strlfmt(mbtext,1024, 'The file at the following URL has changed:'#13#10'%s'#13#10'View the file?',[ paramstr(1)]),'URL Notifier',mb_iconinformation or mb_yesno)of idyes:begin seerr:=shellexecute(0,nil,pchar(paramstr(i)),nil,nil,sw_show);if seerr<33then writeln(datetimetostr(now),' - LaunchError:',syserrormessage(seerr)); end; idno:asm nop end; end;end;end else begin writeln(datetimetostr(now),' - Error(',herr,'): ', paramstr(i));writeevent(log_failed_request,EVENTLOG_AUDIT_FAILURE,sizeof(herr),[ pchar(paramstr(i))],@herr); end; if regsetvalueex(checksumkey,pchar(paramstr(i)),0,reg_dword,@newcrc,4)<> error_success then writeevent(log_regfailed,eventlog_warning_type,0,[],nil); end; sleep(sleeptime*10000); end;