Notifications - tokens/jinja2 templating (#1184)

README.md

@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Just some examples
 
 <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/master/docs/screenshot-notifications.png" style="max-width:100%;" alt="Self-hosted web page change monitoring notifications"  title="Self-hosted web page change monitoring notifications"  />
 
-Now you can also customise your notification content!
+Now you can also customise your notification content and use <a target="_new" href="https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/templates/">Jinja2 templating</a> for their title and body!
 
 ## JSON API Monitoring
 

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class ValidateAppRiseServers(object):
                 message = field.gettext('\'%s\' is not a valid AppRise URL.' % (server_url))
                 raise ValidationError(message)
 
-class ValidateTokensList(object):
+class ValidateJinja2Template(object):
     """
     Validates that a {token} is from a valid set
     """
@@ -202,11 +202,24 @@ class ValidateTokensList(object):
 
     def __call__(self, form, field):
         from changedetectionio import notification
-        regex = re.compile('{.*?}')
+
-        for p in re.findall(regex, field.data):
+        from jinja2 import Environment, BaseLoader, TemplateSyntaxError
-            if not p.strip('{}') in notification.valid_tokens:
+        from jinja2.meta import find_undeclared_variables
-                message = field.gettext('Token \'%s\' is not a valid token.')
+
-                raise ValidationError(message % (p))
+
+        try:
+            jinja2_env = Environment(loader=BaseLoader)
+            jinja2_env.globals.update(notification.valid_tokens)
+            rendered = jinja2_env.from_string(field.data).render()
+        except TemplateSyntaxError as e:
+            raise ValidationError(f"This is not a valid Jinja2 template: {e}") from e
+
+        ast = jinja2_env.parse(field.data)
+        undefined = ", ".join(find_undeclared_variables(ast))
+        if undefined:
+            raise ValidationError(
+                f"The following tokens used in the notification are not valid: {undefined}"
+            )
 
 class validateURL(object):
 
@@ -225,6 +238,7 @@ class validateURL(object):
             message = field.gettext('\'%s\' is not a valid URL.' % (field.data.strip()))
             raise ValidationError(message)
 
+
 class ValidateListRegex(object):
     """
     Validates that anything that looks like a regex passes as a regex
@@ -333,11 +347,11 @@ class quickWatchForm(Form):
 
 # Common to a single watch and the global settings
 class commonSettingsForm(Form):
-    notification_urls = StringListField('Notification URL list', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateAppRiseServers()])
+    notification_urls = StringListField('Notification URL List', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateAppRiseServers()])
-    notification_title = StringField('Notification title', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateTokensList()])
+    notification_title = StringField('Notification Title', default='ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{ watch_url }}', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateJinja2Template()])
-    notification_body = TextAreaField('Notification body', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateTokensList()])
+    notification_body = TextAreaField('Notification Body', default='{{ watch_url }} had a change.', validators=[validators.Optional(), ValidateJinja2Template()])
     notification_format = SelectField('Notification format', choices=valid_notification_formats.keys())
-    fetch_backend = RadioField(u'Fetch method', choices=content_fetcher.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
+    fetch_backend = RadioField(u'Fetch Method', choices=content_fetcher.available_fetchers(), validators=[ValidateContentFetcherIsReady()])
     extract_title_as_title = BooleanField('Extract <title> from document and use as watch title', default=False)
     webdriver_delay = IntegerField('Wait seconds before extracting text', validators=[validators.Optional(), validators.NumberRange(min=1,
                                                                                                                                     message="Should contain one or more seconds")])

changedetectionio/notification.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import apprise
+from jinja2 import Environment, BaseLoader
 from apprise import NotifyFormat
+import json
 
 valid_tokens = {
     'base_url': '',
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ valid_tokens = {
 
 default_notification_format_for_watch = 'System default'
 default_notification_format = 'Text'
-default_notification_body = '{watch_url} had a change.\n---\n{diff}\n---\n'
+default_notification_body = '{{watch_url}} had a change.\n---\n{{diff}}\n---\n'
-default_notification_title = 'ChangeDetection.io Notification - {watch_url}'
+default_notification_title = 'ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{watch_url}}'
 
 valid_notification_formats = {
     'Text': NotifyFormat.TEXT,
@@ -27,25 +29,67 @@ valid_notification_formats = {
     default_notification_format_for_watch: default_notification_format_for_watch
 }
 
-def process_notification(n_object, datastore):
+# include the decorator
+from apprise.decorators import notify
 
-    # Get the notification body from datastore
+@notify(on="delete")
-    n_body = n_object.get('notification_body', default_notification_body)
+@notify(on="deletes")
-    n_title = n_object.get('notification_title', default_notification_title)
+@notify(on="get")
-    n_format = valid_notification_formats.get(
+@notify(on="gets")
-        n_object['notification_format'],
+@notify(on="post")
-        valid_notification_formats[default_notification_format],
+@notify(on="posts")
-    )
+@notify(on="put")
+@notify(on="puts")
+def apprise_custom_api_call_wrapper(body, title, notify_type, *args, **kwargs):
+    import requests
+    url = kwargs['meta'].get('url')
+
+    if url.startswith('post'):
+        r = requests.post
+    elif url.startswith('get'):
+        r = requests.get
+    elif url.startswith('put'):
+        r = requests.put
+    elif url.startswith('delete'):
+        r = requests.delete
+
+    url = url.replace('post://', 'http://')
+    url = url.replace('posts://', 'https://')
+    url = url.replace('put://', 'http://')
+    url = url.replace('puts://', 'https://')
+    url = url.replace('get://', 'http://')
+    url = url.replace('gets://', 'https://')
+    url = url.replace('put://', 'http://')
+    url = url.replace('puts://', 'https://')
+    url = url.replace('delete://', 'http://')
+    url = url.replace('deletes://', 'https://')
+
+    # Try to auto-guess if it's JSON
+    headers = {}
+    try:
+        json.loads(body)
+        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8'}
+    except ValueError as e:
+        pass
+
+
+    r(url, headers=headers, data=body)
+
+
+def process_notification(n_object, datastore):
 
     # Insert variables into the notification content
     notification_parameters = create_notification_parameters(n_object, datastore)
 
-    for n_k in notification_parameters:
+    # Get the notification body from datastore
-        token = '{' + n_k + '}'
+    jinja2_env = Environment(loader=BaseLoader)
-        val = notification_parameters[n_k]
+    n_body = jinja2_env.from_string(n_object.get('notification_body', default_notification_body)).render(**notification_parameters)
-        n_title = n_title.replace(token, val)
+    n_title = jinja2_env.from_string(n_object.get('notification_title', default_notification_title)).render(**notification_parameters)
-        n_body = n_body.replace(token, val)
+    n_format = valid_notification_formats.get(
-
+        n_object['notification_format'],
+        valid_notification_formats[default_notification_format],
+    )
+    
     # https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Development_LogCapture
     # Anything higher than or equal to WARNING (which covers things like Connection errors)
     # raise it as an exception
@@ -53,6 +97,7 @@ def process_notification(n_object, datastore):
     sent_objs=[]
     from .apprise_asset import asset
     for url in n_object['notification_urls']:
+        url = jinja2_env.from_string(url).render(**notification_parameters)
         apobj = apprise.Apprise(debug=True, asset=asset)
         url = url.strip()
         if len(url):
@@ -66,7 +111,12 @@ def process_notification(n_object, datastore):
 
                 # So if no avatar_url is specified, add one so it can be correctly calculated into the total payload
                 k = '?' if not '?' in url else '&'
-                if not 'avatar_url' in url and not url.startswith('mail'):
+                if not 'avatar_url' in url \
+                        and not url.startswith('mail') \
+                        and not url.startswith('post') \
+                        and not url.startswith('get') \
+                        and not url.startswith('delete') \
+                        and not url.startswith('put'):
                     url += k + 'avatar_url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/master/changedetectionio/static/images/avatar-256x256.png'
 
                 if url.startswith('tgram://'):
@@ -144,7 +194,7 @@ def create_notification_parameters(n_object, datastore):
 
     watch_url = n_object['watch_url']
 
-    # Re #148 - Some people have just {base_url} in the body or title, but this may break some notification services
+    # Re #148 - Some people have just {{ base_url }} in the body or title, but this may break some notification services
     #           like 'Join', so it's always best to atleast set something obvious so that they are not broken.
     if base_url == '':
         base_url = "<base-url-env-var-not-set>"

changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/styles.scss

@@ -877,6 +877,9 @@ body.full-width {
   .pure-form-message-inline {
     padding-left: 0;
     color: var(--color-text-input-description);
+    code {
+      font-size: .875em;
+    }
   }
 }
 

changedetectionio/static/styles/styles.css

@@ -851,6 +851,8 @@ body.full-width .edit-form {
   .edit-form .pure-form-message-inline {
     padding-left: 0;
     color: var(--color-text-input-description); }
+    .edit-form .pure-form-message-inline code {
+      font-size: .875em; }
 
 ul {
   padding-left: 1em;

changedetectionio/store.py

@@ -621,4 +621,44 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                     watch['include_filters'] = [existing_filter]
             except:
                 continue
-        return
+        return
+
+    # Convert old static notification tokens to jinja2 tokens
+    def update_9(self):
+        # Each watch
+        import re
+        # only { } not {{ or }}
+        r = r'(?<!{){(?!{)(\w+)(?<!})}(?!})'
+        for uuid, watch in self.data['watching'].items():
+            try:
+                n_body = watch.get('notification_body', '')
+                if n_body:
+                    watch['notification_body'] = re.sub(r, r'{{\1}}', n_body)
+
+                n_title = watch.get('notification_title')
+                if n_title:
+                    self.data['settings']['application']['notification_title'] = re.sub(r, r'{{\1}}', n_title)
+
+                n_urls = watch.get('notification_urls')
+                if n_urls:
+                    for i, url in enumerate(n_urls):
+                        watch['notification_urls'][i] = re.sub(r, r'{{\1}}', url)
+
+            except:
+                continue
+
+        # System wide
+        n_body = self.data['settings']['application'].get('notification_body')
+        if n_body:
+            self.data['settings']['application']['notification_body'] = re.sub(r, r'{{\1}}', n_body)
+
+        n_title = self.data['settings']['application'].get('notification_title')
+        if n_body:
+            self.data['settings']['application']['notification_title'] = re.sub(r, r'{{\1}}', n_title)
+
+        n_urls =  self.data['settings']['application'].get('notification_urls')
+        if n_urls:
+            for i, url in enumerate(n_urls):
+                self.data['settings']['application']['notification_urls'][i] = re.sub(r, r'{{\1}}', url)
+
+        return

changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.jinja

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
                                 <li><code>discord://</code> only supports a maximum <strong>2,000 characters</strong> of notification text, including the title.</li>
                                 <li><code>tgram://</code> bots cant send messages to other bots, so you should specify chat ID of non-bot user.</li>
                                 <li><code>tgram://</code> only supports very limited HTML and can fail when extra tags are sent, <a href="https://core.telegram.org/bots/api#html-style">read more here</a> (or use plaintext/markdown format)</li>
+                                <li><code>gets://</code>, <code>posts://</code>, <code>puts://</code>, <code>deletes://</code> for direct API calls (or omit the "<code>s</code>" for non-SSL ie <code>get://</code>)</li>
                               </ul>
                             </div>
                             <div class="notifications-wrapper">
@@ -41,8 +42,9 @@
                                 <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Format for all notifications</span>
                             </div>
                             <div class="pure-controls">
-                            <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
+                            <p class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                                These tokens can be used in the notification body and title to customise the notification text.
+                                You can use <a target="_new" href="https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/3.0.x/templates/">Jinja2</a> templating in the notification title, body and URL.
+                            </p>
 
                                 <table class="pure-table" id="token-table">
                                     <thead>
@@ -53,52 +55,49 @@
                                     </thead>
                                     <tbody>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{base_url}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ base_url }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The URL of the changedetection.io instance you are running.</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{watch_url}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ watch_url }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The URL being watched.</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{watch_uuid}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ watch_uuid }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The UUID of the watch.</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{watch_title}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ watch_title }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The title of the watch.</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{watch_tag}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ watch_tag }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The tag of the watch.</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{preview_url}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ preview_url }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The URL of the preview page generated by changedetection.io.</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{diff}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ diff_url }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The diff output - differences only</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{diff_full}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ diff_full }}' }}</code></td>
                                         <td>The diff output - full difference output</td>
                                     </tr>
                                     <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{diff_url}</code></td>
+                                        <td><code>{{ '{{ current_snapshot }}' }}</code></td>
-                                        <td>The URL of the diff page generated by changedetection.io.</td>
-                                    </tr>
-                                    <tr>
-                                        <td><code>{current_snapshot}</code></td>
                                         <td>The current snapshot value, useful when combined with JSON or CSS filters
                                         </td>
                                     </tr>
                                     </tbody>
                                 </table>
-                                <br/>
+                                <div class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                                URLs generated by changedetection.io (such as <code>{diff_url}</code>) require the <code>BASE_URL</code> environment variable set.<br/>
+                                    <br>
-                                Your <code>BASE_URL</code> var is currently "{{settings_application['current_base_url']}}"
+                                    URLs generated by changedetection.io (such as <code>{{ '{{ diff_url }}' }}</code>) require the <code>BASE_URL</code> environment variable set.<br/>
-                            </span>
+                                    Your <code>BASE_URL</code> var is currently "{{settings_application['current_base_url']}}"
+                                </div>
                             </div>
                         </div>
 {% endmacro %}

changedetectionio/templates/settings.html

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
                         {{ render_field(form.application.form.base_url, placeholder="http://yoursite.com:5000/",
                         class="m-d") }}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                            Base URL used for the <code>{base_url}</code> token in notifications and RSS links.<br/>Default value is the ENV var 'BASE_URL' (Currently "{{settings_application['current_base_url']}}"),
+                            Base URL used for the <code>{{ '{{ base_url }}' }}</code> token in notifications and RSS links.<br/>Default value is the ENV var 'BASE_URL' (Currently "{{settings_application['current_base_url']}}"),
                             <a href="https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki/Configurable-BASE_URL-setting">read more here</a>.
                         </span>
                     </div>

changedetectionio/tests/test_filter_exist_changes.py

@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ def test_filter_doesnt_exist_then_exists_should_get_notification(client, live_se
 
     # Just a regular notification setting, this will be used by the special 'filter not found' notification
     notification_form_data = {"notification_urls": notification_url,
-                              "notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {watch_url}",
+                              "notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{watch_url}}",
-                              "notification_body": "BASE URL: {base_url}\n"
+                              "notification_body": "BASE URL: {{base_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch URL: {watch_url}\n"
+                                                   "Watch URL: {{watch_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch UUID: {watch_uuid}\n"
+                                                   "Watch UUID: {{watch_uuid}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch title: {watch_title}\n"
+                                                   "Watch title: {{watch_title}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch tag: {watch_tag}\n"
+                                                   "Watch tag: {{watch_tag}}\n"
-                                                   "Preview: {preview_url}\n"
+                                                   "Preview: {{preview_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff URL: {diff_url}\n"
+                                                   "Diff URL: {{diff_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Snapshot: {current_snapshot}\n"
+                                                   "Snapshot: {{current_snapshot}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff: {diff}\n"
+                                                   "Diff: {{diff}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff Full: {diff_full}\n"
+                                                   "Diff Full: {{diff_full}}\n"
                                                    ":-)",
                               "notification_format": "Text"}
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_filter_failure_notification.py

@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ def run_filter_test(client, content_filter):
 
     # Just a regular notification setting, this will be used by the special 'filter not found' notification
     notification_form_data = {"notification_urls": notification_url,
-                              "notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {watch_url}",
+                              "notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{watch_url}}",
-                              "notification_body": "BASE URL: {base_url}\n"
+                              "notification_body": "BASE URL: {{base_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch URL: {watch_url}\n"
+                                                   "Watch URL: {{watch_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch UUID: {watch_uuid}\n"
+                                                   "Watch UUID: {{watch_uuid}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch title: {watch_title}\n"
+                                                   "Watch title: {{watch_title}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch tag: {watch_tag}\n"
+                                                   "Watch tag: {{watch_tag}}\n"
-                                                   "Preview: {preview_url}\n"
+                                                   "Preview: {{preview_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff URL: {diff_url}\n"
+                                                   "Diff URL: {{diff_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Snapshot: {current_snapshot}\n"
+                                                   "Snapshot: {{current_snapshot}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff: {diff}\n"
+                                                   "Diff: {{diff}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff Full: {diff_full}\n"
+                                                   "Diff Full: {{diff_full}}\n"
                                                    ":-)",
                               "notification_format": "Text"}
 
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ def run_filter_test(client, content_filter):
         data=notification_form_data,
         follow_redirects=True
     )
+
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
     time.sleep(3)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_notification.py

@@ -90,17 +90,17 @@ def test_check_notification(client, live_server):
     print (">>>> Notification URL: "+notification_url)
 
     notification_form_data = {"notification_urls": notification_url,
-                              "notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {watch_url}",
+                              "notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{watch_url}}",
-                              "notification_body": "BASE URL: {base_url}\n"
+                              "notification_body": "BASE URL: {{base_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch URL: {watch_url}\n"
+                                                   "Watch URL: {{watch_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch UUID: {watch_uuid}\n"
+                                                   "Watch UUID: {{watch_uuid}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch title: {watch_title}\n"
+                                                   "Watch title: {{watch_title}}\n"
-                                                   "Watch tag: {watch_tag}\n"
+                                                   "Watch tag: {{watch_tag}}\n"
-                                                   "Preview: {preview_url}\n"
+                                                   "Preview: {{preview_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff URL: {diff_url}\n"
+                                                   "Diff URL: {{diff_url}}\n"
-                                                   "Snapshot: {current_snapshot}\n"
+                                                   "Snapshot: {{current_snapshot}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff: {diff}\n"
+                                                   "Diff: {{diff}}\n"
-                                                   "Diff Full: {diff_full}\n"
+                                                   "Diff Full: {{diff_full}}\n"
                                                    ":-)",
                               "notification_screenshot": True,
                               "notification_format": "Text"}
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ def test_check_notification(client, live_server):
         logging.debug(">>> Skipping BASE_URL check")
 
 
-
     # This should insert the {current_snapshot}
     set_more_modified_response()
     client.get(url_for("form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
@@ -237,10 +236,9 @@ def test_check_notification(client, live_server):
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
-
 def test_notification_validation(client, live_server):
-    #live_server_setup(live_server)
+    time.sleep(1)
-    time.sleep(3)
+
     # re #242 - when you edited an existing new entry, it would not correctly show the notification settings
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
@@ -269,19 +267,33 @@ def test_notification_validation(client, live_server):
 #    assert b"Notification Body and Title is required when a Notification URL is used" in res.data
 
     # Now adding a wrong token should give us an error
+# Disabled for now
+#    res = client.post(
+#        url_for("settings_page"),
+#        data={"application-notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{watch_url}}",
+#              "application-notification_body": "Rubbish: {{rubbish}}\n",
+#              "application-notification_format": "Text",
+#              "application-notification_urls": "json://localhost/foobar",
+#              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+#              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"
+#              },
+#        follow_redirects=True
+#    )
+#    assert bytes("Token 'rubbish' is not a valid token or is unknown".encode('utf-8')) in res.data
+
+    # And trying to define an invalid Jinja2 template should also throw an error
     res = client.post(
         url_for("settings_page"),
-        data={"application-notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {watch_url}",
+        data={"application-notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{ watch_url }}",
-              "application-notification_body": "Rubbish: {rubbish}\n",
+              "application-notification_body": "Rubbish: {{ rubbish }\n",
-              "application-notification_format": "Text",
+              "application-notification_urls": "json://foobar.com",
-              "application-notification_urls": "json://localhost/foobar",
+              "application-minutes_between_check": 180,
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests"
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests"
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
+    assert bytes("This is not a valid Jinja2 template".encode('utf-8')) in res.data
 
-    assert bytes("is not a valid token".encode('utf-8')) in res.data
 
     # cleanup for the next
     client.get(
@@ -289,4 +301,55 @@ def test_notification_validation(client, live_server):
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
+def test_notification_jinja2(client, live_server):
+    #live_server_setup(live_server)
+    time.sleep(1)
 
+    # test_endpoint - that sends the contents of a file
+    # test_notification_endpoint - that takes a POST and writes it to file (test-datastore/notification.txt)
+
+    # CUSTOM JSON BODY CHECK for POST://
+    set_original_response()
+    test_notification_url = url_for('test_notification_endpoint', _external=True).replace('http://', 'post://')+"?xxx={{ watch_url }}"
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings_page"),
+        data={"application-notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{ watch_url }}",
+              "application-notification_body": '{ "url" : "{{ watch_url }}", "secret": 444 }',
+              # https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_Custom_JSON#get-parameter-manipulation
+              "application-notification_urls": test_notification_url,
+              "application-minutes_between_check": 180,
+              "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests"
+              },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b'Settings updated' in res.data
+
+    # Add a watch and trigger a HTTP POST
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("form_quick_watch_add"),
+        data={"url": test_url, "tag": 'nice one'},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"Watch added" in res.data
+
+    time.sleep(2)
+    set_modified_response()
+
+    client.get(url_for("form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+    time.sleep(2)
+
+    with open("test-datastore/notification.txt", 'r') as f:
+        x=f.read()
+        j = json.loads(x)
+        assert j['url'].startswith('http://localhost')
+        assert j['secret'] == 444
+
+    # URL check, this will always be converted to lowercase
+    assert os.path.isfile("test-datastore/notification-url.txt")
+    with open("test-datastore/notification-url.txt", 'r') as f:
+        notification_url = f.read()
+        assert 'xxx=http' in notification_url
+    os.unlink("test-datastore/notification-url.txt")

changedetectionio/tests/util.py

@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ def live_server_setup(live_server):
             if data != None:
                 f.write(data)
 
+        with open("test-datastore/notification-url.txt", "w") as f:
+            f.write(request.url)
+
         print("\n>> Test notification endpoint was hit.\n", data)
         return "Text was set"