Watch history - Don't rescan whole history.txt when looking up a timestamp <->filepath

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Read more https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki
 
-__version__ = '0.50.43'
+__version__ = '0.50.39'
 
 from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
@@ -74,12 +74,6 @@ def main():
 
     datastore_path = None
     do_cleanup = False
-    # Optional URL to watch since start
-    default_url = None
-    # Set a default logger level
-    logger_level = 'DEBUG'
-    include_default_watches = True
-
     host = os.environ.get("LISTEN_HOST", "0.0.0.0").strip()
     port = int(os.environ.get('PORT', 5000))
     ssl_mode = False
@@ -93,13 +87,15 @@ def main():
         datastore_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "../datastore")
 
     try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "6Ccsd:h:p:l:u:", "port")
+        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "6Ccsd:h:p:l:", "port")
     except getopt.GetoptError:
-        print('backend.py -s SSL enable -h [host] -p [port] -d [datastore path] -u [default URL to watch] -l [debug level - TRACE, DEBUG(default), INFO, SUCCESS, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL]')
+        print('backend.py -s SSL enable -h [host] -p [port] -d [datastore path] -l [debug level - TRACE, DEBUG(default), INFO, SUCCESS, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL]')
         sys.exit(2)
 
     create_datastore_dir = False
 
+    # Set a default logger level
+    logger_level = 'DEBUG'
     # Set a logger level via shell env variable
     # Used: Dockerfile for CICD
     # To set logger level for pytest, see the app function in tests/conftest.py
@@ -120,10 +116,6 @@ def main():
         if opt == '-d':
             datastore_path = arg
 
-        if opt == '-u':
-            default_url = arg
-            include_default_watches = False
-
         # Cleanup (remove text files that arent in the index)
         if opt == '-c':
             do_cleanup = True
@@ -180,16 +172,13 @@ def main():
             sys.exit(2)
 
     try:
-        datastore = store.ChangeDetectionStore(datastore_path=app_config['datastore_path'], version_tag=__version__, include_default_watches=include_default_watches)
+        datastore = store.ChangeDetectionStore(datastore_path=app_config['datastore_path'], version_tag=__version__)
     except JSONDecodeError as e:
         # Dont' start if the JSON DB looks corrupt
         logger.critical(f"ERROR: JSON DB or Proxy List JSON at '{app_config['datastore_path']}' appears to be corrupt, aborting.")
         logger.critical(str(e))
         return
 
-    if default_url:
-        datastore.add_watch(url = default_url)
-
     app = changedetection_app(app_config, datastore)
 
     # Get the SocketIO instance from the Flask app (created in flask_app.py)

changedetectionio/api/__init__.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def get_openapi_spec():
         # Possibly for pip3 packages
         spec_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '../docs/api-spec.yaml')
 
-    with open(spec_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(spec_path, 'r') as f:
         spec_dict = yaml.safe_load(f)
     _openapi_spec = OpenAPI.from_dict(spec_dict)
     return _openapi_spec

changedetectionio/async_update_worker.py

@@ -353,15 +353,12 @@ async def async_update_worker(worker_id, q, notification_q, app, datastore):
                 count = watch.get('check_count', 0) + 1
 
                 # Always record page title (used in notifications, and can change even when the content is the same)
-                if update_obj.get('content-type') and 'html' in update_obj.get('content-type'):
-                    try:
-                        page_title = html_tools.extract_title(data=update_handler.fetcher.content)
-                        if page_title:
-                            page_title = page_title.strip()[:2000]
-                            logger.debug(f"UUID: {uuid} Page <title> is '{page_title}'")
-                            datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj={'page_title': page_title})
-                    except Exception as e:
-                        logger.warning(f"UUID: {uuid} Exception when extracting <title> - {str(e)}")
+                try:
+                    page_title = html_tools.extract_title(data=update_handler.fetcher.content)
+                    logger.debug(f"UUID: {uuid} Page <title> is '{page_title}'")
+                    datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj={'page_title': page_title})
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logger.warning(f"UUID: {uuid} Exception when extracting <title> - {str(e)}")
 
                 # Record server header
                 try:

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/playwright.py

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class fetcher(Fetcher):
         content = await self.page.content()
         destination = os.path.join(self.browser_steps_screenshot_path, 'step_{}.html'.format(step_n))
         logger.debug(f"Saving step HTML to {destination}")
-        with open(destination, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        with open(destination, 'w') as f:
             f.write(content)
 
     async def run(self,

changedetectionio/flask_app.py

@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ def init_app_secret(datastore_path):
     path = os.path.join(datastore_path, "secret.txt")
 
     try:
-        with open(path, "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        with open(path, "r") as f:
             secret = f.read()
 
     except FileNotFoundError:
         import secrets
-        with open(path, "w", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        with open(path, "w") as f:
             secret = secrets.token_hex(32)
             f.write(secret)
 

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -503,9 +503,7 @@ class ValidateJinja2Template(object):
             jinja2_env = create_jinja_env(loader=BaseLoader)
 
             # Add notification tokens for validation
-            static_token_placeholders = NotificationContextData()
-            static_token_placeholders.set_random_for_validation()
-            jinja2_env.globals.update(static_token_placeholders)
+            jinja2_env.globals.update(NotificationContextData())
             if hasattr(field, 'extra_notification_tokens'):
                 jinja2_env.globals.update(field.extra_notification_tokens)
 

changedetectionio/model/App.py

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class model(dict):
 
 def parse_headers_from_text_file(filepath):
     headers = {}
-    with open(filepath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(filepath, 'r') as f:
         for l in f.readlines():
             l = l.strip()
             if not l.startswith('#') and ':' in l:

changedetectionio/model/Watch.py

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class model(watch_base):
         fname = os.path.join(self.watch_data_dir, "history.txt")
         if os.path.isfile(fname):
             logger.debug(f"Reading watch history index for {self.get('uuid')}")
-            with open(fname, "r", encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            with open(fname, "r") as f:
                 for i in f.readlines():
                     if ',' in i:
                         k, v = i.strip().split(',', 2)
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class model(watch_base):
         """Return the text saved from a previous request that resulted in a non-200 error"""
         fname = os.path.join(self.watch_data_dir, "last-error.txt")
         if os.path.isfile(fname):
-            with open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            with open(fname, 'r') as f:
                 return f.read()
         return False
 

changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ class ContentProcessor:
 
         # Sort JSON to avoid false alerts from reordering
         try:
-            content = json.dumps(json.loads(content), sort_keys=True, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+            content = json.dumps(json.loads(content), sort_keys=True, indent=4)
         except Exception:
             # Might be malformed JSON, continue anyway
             pass

changedetectionio/realtime/socket_server.py

@@ -37,6 +37,18 @@ class SignalHandler:
         notification_event_signal.connect(self.handle_notification_event, weak=False)
         logger.info("SignalHandler: Connected to notification_event signal")
 
+        # Create and start the queue update thread using standard threading
+        import threading
+        self.polling_emitter_thread = threading.Thread(
+            target=self.polling_emit_running_or_queued_watches_threaded,
+            daemon=True
+        )
+        self.polling_emitter_thread.start()
+        logger.info("Started polling thread using threading (eventlet-free)")
+
+        # Store the thread reference in socketio for clean shutdown
+        self.socketio_instance.polling_emitter_thread = self.polling_emitter_thread
+
     def handle_signal(self, *args, **kwargs):
         logger.trace(f"SignalHandler: Signal received with {len(args)} args and {len(kwargs)} kwargs")
         # Safely extract the watch UUID from kwargs
@@ -112,6 +124,74 @@ class SignalHandler:
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Socket.IO error in handle_notification_event: {str(e)}")
 
+    def polling_emit_running_or_queued_watches_threaded(self):
+        """Threading version of polling for Windows compatibility"""
+        import time
+        import threading
+        logger.info("Queue update thread started (threading mode)")
+
+        # Import here to avoid circular imports
+        from changedetectionio.flask_app import app
+        from changedetectionio import worker_handler
+        watch_check_update = signal('watch_check_update')
+
+        # Track previous state to avoid unnecessary emissions
+        previous_running_uuids = set()
+
+        # Run until app shutdown - check exit flag more frequently for fast shutdown
+        exit_event = getattr(app.config, 'exit', threading.Event())
+
+        while not exit_event.is_set():
+            try:
+                # Get current running UUIDs from async workers
+                running_uuids = set(worker_handler.get_running_uuids())
+
+                # Only send updates for UUIDs that changed state
+                newly_running = running_uuids - previous_running_uuids
+                no_longer_running = previous_running_uuids - running_uuids
+
+                # Send updates for newly running UUIDs (but exit fast if shutdown requested)
+                for uuid in newly_running:
+                    if exit_event.is_set():
+                        break
+                    logger.trace(f"Threading polling: UUID {uuid} started processing")
+                    with app.app_context():
+                        watch_check_update.send(app_context=app, watch_uuid=uuid)
+                    time.sleep(0.01)  # Small yield
+
+                # Send updates for UUIDs that finished processing (but exit fast if shutdown requested)
+                if not exit_event.is_set():
+                    for uuid in no_longer_running:
+                        if exit_event.is_set():
+                            break
+                        logger.trace(f"Threading polling: UUID {uuid} finished processing")
+                        with app.app_context():
+                            watch_check_update.send(app_context=app, watch_uuid=uuid)
+                        time.sleep(0.01)  # Small yield
+
+                # Update tracking for next iteration
+                previous_running_uuids = running_uuids
+
+                # Sleep between polling cycles, but check exit flag every 0.5 seconds for fast shutdown
+                for _ in range(20):  # 20 * 0.5 = 10 seconds total
+                    if exit_event.is_set():
+                        break
+                    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(f"Error in threading polling: {str(e)}")
+                # Even during error recovery, check for exit quickly
+                for _ in range(1):  # 1 * 0.5 = 0.5 seconds
+                    if exit_event.is_set():
+                        break
+                    time.sleep(0.5)
+
+        # Check if we're in pytest environment - if so, be more gentle with logging
+        import sys
+        in_pytest = "pytest" in sys.modules or "PYTEST_CURRENT_TEST" in os.environ
+
+        if not in_pytest:
+            logger.info("Queue update thread stopped (threading mode)")
 
 
 def handle_watch_update(socketio, **kwargs):
@@ -303,6 +383,19 @@ def init_socketio(app, datastore):
         """Shutdown the SocketIO server fast and aggressively"""
         try:
             logger.info("Socket.IO: Fast shutdown initiated...")
+
+            # For threading mode, give the thread a very short time to exit gracefully
+            if hasattr(socketio, 'polling_emitter_thread'):
+                if socketio.polling_emitter_thread.is_alive():
+                    logger.info("Socket.IO: Waiting 1 second for polling thread to stop...")
+                    socketio.polling_emitter_thread.join(timeout=1.0)  # Only 1 second timeout
+                    if socketio.polling_emitter_thread.is_alive():
+                        logger.info("Socket.IO: Polling thread still running after timeout - continuing with shutdown")
+                    else:
+                        logger.info("Socket.IO: Polling thread stopped quickly")
+                else:
+                    logger.info("Socket.IO: Polling thread already stopped")
+
             logger.info("Socket.IO: Fast shutdown complete")
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Socket.IO error during shutdown: {str(e)}")

changedetectionio/run_basic_tests.sh

@@ -11,56 +11,6 @@ set -e
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
 
-# Since theres no curl installed lets roll with python3
-check_sanity() {
-  local port="$1"
-  if [ -z "$port" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: check_sanity <port>" >&2
-    return 1
-  fi
-
-  python3 - "$port" <<'PYCODE'
-import sys, time, urllib.request, socket
-
-port = sys.argv[1]
-url = f'http://localhost:{port}'
-ok = False
-
-for _ in range(6):  # --retry 6
-    try:
-        r = urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=3).read().decode()
-        if 'est-url-is-sanity' in r:
-            ok = True
-            break
-    except (urllib.error.URLError, ConnectionRefusedError, socket.error):
-        time.sleep(1)
-sys.exit(0 if ok else 1)
-PYCODE
-}
-
-data_sanity_test () {
-  # Restart data sanity test
-  cd ..
-  TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
-  PORT_N=$((5000 + RANDOM % (6501 - 5000)))
-  ./changedetection.py -p $PORT_N -d $TMPDIR -u "https://localhost?test-url-is-sanity=1" &
-  PID=$!
-  sleep 5
-  kill $PID
-  sleep 2
-  ./changedetection.py -p $PORT_N -d $TMPDIR &
-  PID=$!
-  sleep 5
-  # On a restart the URL should still be there
-  check_sanity $PORT_N || exit 1
-  kill $PID
-  cd $OLDPWD
-
-  # datastore looks alright, continue
-}
-
-data_sanity_test
-
 # REMOVE_REQUESTS_OLD_SCREENSHOTS disabled so that we can write a screenshot and send it in test_notifications.py without a real browser
 REMOVE_REQUESTS_OLD_SCREENSHOTS=false pytest -n 30 --dist load  tests/test_*.py
 
@@ -91,6 +41,3 @@ FETCH_WORKERS=130 pytest  tests/test_history_consistency.py -v -l
 # Check file:// will pickup a file when enabled
 echo "Hello world" > /tmp/test-file.txt
 ALLOW_FILE_URI=yes pytest tests/test_security.py
-
-
-

changedetectionio/store.py

@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ import uuid as uuid_builder
 from loguru import logger
 from blinker import signal
 
-# Try to import orjson for faster JSON serialization
-try:
-    import orjson
-    HAS_ORJSON = True
-except ImportError:
-    HAS_ORJSON = False
-
 from .processors import get_custom_watch_obj_for_processor
 from .processors.restock_diff import Restock
 
@@ -78,46 +71,37 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                 self.__data['build_sha'] = f.read()
 
         try:
-            if HAS_ORJSON:
-                # orjson.loads() expects UTF-8 encoded bytes #3611
-                with open(self.json_store_path, 'rb') as json_file:
-                    from_disk = orjson.loads(json_file.read())
-            else:
-                with open(self.json_store_path, encoding='utf-8') as json_file:
-                    from_disk = json.load(json_file)
+            # @todo retest with ", encoding='utf-8'"
+            with open(self.json_store_path) as json_file:
+                from_disk = json.load(json_file)
 
-            if not from_disk:
-                # No FileNotFound exception was thrown but somehow the JSON was empty - abort for safety.
-                logger.critical(f"JSON DB existed but was empty on load - empty JSON file? '{self.json_store_path}' Aborting")
-                raise Exception('JSON DB existed but was empty on load - Aborting')
+                # @todo isnt there a way todo this dict.update recursively?
+                # Problem here is if the one on the disk is missing a sub-struct, it wont be present anymore.
+                if 'watching' in from_disk:
+                    self.__data['watching'].update(from_disk['watching'])
 
-            # @todo isnt there a way todo this dict.update recursively?
-            # Problem here is if the one on the disk is missing a sub-struct, it wont be present anymore.
-            if 'watching' in from_disk:
-                self.__data['watching'].update(from_disk['watching'])
+                if 'app_guid' in from_disk:
+                    self.__data['app_guid'] = from_disk['app_guid']
 
-            if 'app_guid' in from_disk:
-                self.__data['app_guid'] = from_disk['app_guid']
+                if 'settings' in from_disk:
+                    if 'headers' in from_disk['settings']:
+                        self.__data['settings']['headers'].update(from_disk['settings']['headers'])
 
-            if 'settings' in from_disk:
-                if 'headers' in from_disk['settings']:
-                    self.__data['settings']['headers'].update(from_disk['settings']['headers'])
+                    if 'requests' in from_disk['settings']:
+                        self.__data['settings']['requests'].update(from_disk['settings']['requests'])
 
-                if 'requests' in from_disk['settings']:
-                    self.__data['settings']['requests'].update(from_disk['settings']['requests'])
+                    if 'application' in from_disk['settings']:
+                        self.__data['settings']['application'].update(from_disk['settings']['application'])
 
-                if 'application' in from_disk['settings']:
-                    self.__data['settings']['application'].update(from_disk['settings']['application'])
+                # Convert each existing watch back to the Watch.model object
+                for uuid, watch in self.__data['watching'].items():
+                    self.__data['watching'][uuid] = self.rehydrate_entity(uuid, watch)
+                    logger.info(f"Watching: {uuid} {watch['url']}")
 
-            # Convert each existing watch back to the Watch.model object
-            for uuid, watch in self.__data['watching'].items():
-                self.__data['watching'][uuid] = self.rehydrate_entity(uuid, watch)
-                logger.info(f"Watching: {uuid} {watch['url']}")
-
-            # And for Tags also, should be Restock type because it has extra settings
-            for uuid, tag in self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'].items():
-                self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'][uuid] = self.rehydrate_entity(uuid, tag, processor_override='restock_diff')
-                logger.info(f"Tag: {uuid} {tag['title']}")
+                # And for Tags also, should be Restock type because it has extra settings
+                for uuid, tag in self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'].items():
+                    self.__data['settings']['application']['tags'][uuid] = self.rehydrate_entity(uuid, tag, processor_override='restock_diff')
+                    logger.info(f"Tag: {uuid} {tag['title']}")
 
         # First time ran, Create the datastore.
         except (FileNotFoundError):
@@ -442,15 +426,9 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                 # Re #286  - First write to a temp file, then confirm it looks OK and rename it
                 # This is a fairly basic strategy to deal with the case that the file is corrupted,
                 # system was out of memory, out of RAM etc
-                if HAS_ORJSON:
-                    # Use orjson for faster serialization
-                    # orjson.dumps() always returns UTF-8 encoded bytes #3611
-                    with open(self.json_store_path+".tmp", 'wb') as json_file:
-                        json_file.write(orjson.dumps(data, option=orjson.OPT_INDENT_2))
-                else:
-                    # Fallback to standard json module
-                    with open(self.json_store_path+".tmp", 'w', encoding='utf-8') as json_file:
-                        json.dump(data, json_file, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)
+                with open(self.json_store_path+".tmp", 'w') as json_file:
+                    # Use compact JSON in production for better performance
+                    json.dump(data, json_file, indent=2)
                 os.replace(self.json_store_path+".tmp", self.json_store_path)
             except Exception as e:
                 logger.error(f"Error writing JSON!! (Main JSON file save was skipped) : {str(e)}")
@@ -512,13 +490,8 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
 
         # Load from external config file
         if path.isfile(proxy_list_file):
-            if HAS_ORJSON:
-                # orjson.loads() expects UTF-8 encoded bytes #3611
-                with open(os.path.join(self.datastore_path, "proxies.json"), 'rb') as f:
-                    proxy_list = orjson.loads(f.read())
-            else:
-                with open(os.path.join(self.datastore_path, "proxies.json"), encoding='utf-8') as f:
-                    proxy_list = json.load(f)
+            with open(os.path.join(self.datastore_path, "proxies.json")) as f:
+                proxy_list = json.load(f)
 
         # Mapping from UI config if available
         extras = self.data['settings']['requests'].get('extra_proxies')
@@ -775,16 +748,7 @@ class ChangeDetectionStore:
                 logger.critical(f"Applying update_{update_n}")
                 # Wont exist on fresh installs
                 if os.path.exists(self.json_store_path):
-                    i = 0
-                    while True:
-                        i+=1
-                        dest = os.path.join(self.datastore_path, f"url-watches-before-{update_n}-{i}.json")
-                        if not os.path.exists(dest):
-                            logger.debug(f"Copying url-watches.json DB to '{dest}' backup.")
-                            shutil.copyfile(self.json_store_path, dest)
-                            break
-                        else:
-                            logger.warning(f"Backup of url-watches.json '{dest}', DB already exists, trying {i+1}.. ")
+                    shutil.copyfile(self.json_store_path, os.path.join(self.datastore_path, f"url-watches-before-{update_n}.json"))
 
                 try:
                     update_method = getattr(self, f"update_{update_n}")()

changedetectionio/tests/test_backend.py

@@ -19,9 +19,18 @@ def test_inscriptus():
 
 def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
     set_original_response(datastore_path=datastore_path)
+   #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
 
-    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True))
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("imports.import_page"),
+        data={"urls": url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
 
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Do this a few times.. ensures we dont accidently set the status
     for n in range(3):
@@ -106,6 +115,7 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
         # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
         res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
 
+
         assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
         assert b'class="has-unread-changes' not in res.data
         assert b'head title' in res.data  # Should be ON by default
@@ -119,6 +129,23 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'head title and more' in res.data
 
+    # disable <title> pickup
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
+        data={"application-ui-use_page_title_in_list": "", "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+
+    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
+    assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
+    assert b'class="has-unread-changes' in res.data
+    assert b'head title' not in res.data  # should now be off
+
+
     # Be sure the last_viewed is going to be greater than the last snapshot
     time.sleep(1)
 
@@ -139,63 +166,6 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     # Cleanup everything
     delete_all_watches(client)
 
-def test_title_scraper(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
-
-    set_original_response(datastore_path=datastore_path)
-    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True))
-    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
-    wait_for_all_checks()
-
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
-    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-
-    assert b'head title' in res.data  # Should be ON by default
-
-    # Recheck it but only with a title change, content wasnt changed
-    set_original_response(datastore_path=datastore_path, extra_title=" and more")
-
-    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
-    wait_for_all_checks(client)
-    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'head title and more' in res.data
-
-    # disable <title> pickup
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
-        data={"application-ui-use_page_title_in_list": "",
-              "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
-              'application-fetch_backend': "html_requests"},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    set_original_response(datastore_path=datastore_path, extra_title=" SHOULD NOT APPEAR")
-
-    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
-    wait_for_all_checks(client)
-    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-    assert b'SHOULD NOT APPEAR' not in res.data
-
-    delete_all_watches(client)
-
-def test_title_scraper_html_only(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):
-
-    with open(os.path.join(datastore_path, "endpoint-content.txt"), "w") as f:
-        f.write('"My text document\nWhere I talk about <title>\nwhich should not get registered\n</title>')
-
-    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="text/plain", _external=True)
-
-    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(test_url)
-    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
-    wait_for_all_checks()
-
-    # It should report nothing found (no new 'has-unread-changes' class)
-    res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
-
-    assert b'which should not get registered' not in res.data  # Should be ON by default
-    assert not live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid].get('title')
-
-
-
 
 # Server says its plaintext, we should always treat it as plaintext, and then if they have a filter, try to apply that
 def test_requests_timeout(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):

changedetectionio/tests/test_history_consistency.py

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def test_consistent_history(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore
     json_db_file = os.path.join(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].datastore_path, 'url-watches.json')
 
     json_obj = None
-    with open(json_db_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(json_db_file, 'r') as f:
         json_obj = json.load(f)
 
     # assert the right amount of watches was found in the JSON
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def test_consistent_history(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore
         assert len(files_in_watch_dir) == 3, "Should be just three files in the dir, html.br snapshot, history.txt and the extracted text snapshot"
 
     json_db_file = os.path.join(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].datastore_path, 'url-watches.json')
-    with open(json_db_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(json_db_file, 'r') as f:
         assert '"default"' not in f.read(), "'default' probably shouldnt be here, it came from when the 'default' Watch vars were accidently being saved"
 
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_jsonpath_jq_selector.py

@@ -442,12 +442,13 @@ def test_correct_header_detect(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datast
     snapshot_contents = watch.get_history_snapshot(timestamp=dates[0])
 
     assert b'"hello": 123,' in res.data # properly html escaped in the front end
-    import json
-    data = json.loads(snapshot_contents)
-    keys = list(data.keys())
+
     # Should be correctly formatted and sorted,  ("world" goes to end)
-    assert keys == ["hello", "world"]
-        
+    assert snapshot_contents == """{
+    "hello": 123,
+    "world": 123
+}"""
+
     delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_check_jsonpath_ext_filter(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):

changedetectionio/tests/test_notification.py

@@ -302,20 +302,15 @@ def test_notification_urls_jinja2_apprise_integration(client, live_server, measu
         data={
               "application-fetch_backend": "html_requests",
               "application-minutes_between_check": 180,
-              "application-notification_body": '{ "url" : "{{ watch_url }}", "secret": 444, "somebug": "网站监测 内容更新了", "another": "{{diff|truncate(1500)}}" }',
+              "application-notification_body": '{ "url" : "{{ watch_url }}", "secret": 444, "somebug": "网站监测 内容更新了" }',
               "application-notification_format": default_notification_format,
               "application-notification_urls": test_notification_url,
               # https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_Custom_JSON#get-parameter-manipulation
-              "application-notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{ watch_url }}  {{diff|truncate(200)}} ",
+              "application-notification_title": "New ChangeDetection.io Notification - {{ watch_url }} ",
               },
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b'Settings updated' in res.data
-    assert '网站监测'.encode() in res.data
-    assert b'{{diff|truncate(1500)}}' in res.data
-    assert b'{{diff|truncate(200)}}' in res.data
-
-
 
 
 def test_notification_custom_endpoint_and_jinja2(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_path):

changedetectionio/tests/test_request.py

@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_pa
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     watches_with_body = 0
-    with open(os.path.join(datastore_path, 'url-watches.json'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(os.path.join(datastore_path, 'url-watches.json')) as f:
         app_struct = json.load(f)
         for uuid in app_struct['watching']:
             if app_struct['watching'][uuid]['body']==body_value:
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def test_method_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage, datastore_
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     watches_with_method = 0
-    with open(os.path.join(datastore_path, 'url-watches.json'), encoding='utf-8') as f:
+    with open(os.path.join(datastore_path, 'url-watches.json')) as f:
         app_struct = json.load(f)
         for uuid in app_struct['watching']:
             if app_struct['watching'][uuid]['method'] == 'PATCH':

requirements.txt

@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ chardet>2.3.0
 wtforms~=3.2
 jsonpath-ng~=1.7.0
 
-# Fast JSON serialization for better performance
-orjson~=3.11
-
 # dnspython - Used by paho-mqtt for MQTT broker resolution  
 # Version pin removed since eventlet (which required the specific 2.6.1 pin) has been eliminated
 # paho-mqtt will install compatible dnspython version automatically