Adding test

.github/workflows/test-stack-reusable-workflow.yml

@@ -253,6 +253,30 @@ jobs:
           docker logs test-cdio-basic-tests > output-logs/test-cdio-basic-tests-stdout-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}.txt
           docker logs test-cdio-basic-tests 2> output-logs/test-cdio-basic-tests-stderr-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}.txt
 
+      - name: Extract and display memory test report
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          # Extract test-memory.log from the container
+          echo "Extracting test-memory.log from container..."
+          docker cp test-cdio-basic-tests:/app/changedetectionio/test-memory.log output-logs/test-memory-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}.log || echo "test-memory.log not found in container"
+
+          # Display the memory log contents for immediate visibility in workflow output
+          echo "=== Top 10 Highest Peak Memory Tests ==="
+          if [ -f output-logs/test-memory-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}.log ]; then
+            # Sort by peak memory value (extract number before MB and sort numerically, reverse order)
+            grep "Peak memory:" output-logs/test-memory-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}.log | \
+              sed 's/.*Peak memory: //' | \
+              paste -d'|' - <(grep "Peak memory:" output-logs/test-memory-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}.log) | \
+              sort -t'|' -k1 -nr | \
+              cut -d'|' -f2 | \
+              head -10
+            echo ""
+            echo "=== Full Memory Test Report ==="
+            cat output-logs/test-memory-${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}.log
+          else
+            echo "No memory log available"
+          fi
+
       - name: Store everything including test-datastore
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

changedetectionio/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Read more https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/wiki
 
-__version__ = '0.50.18'
+__version__ = '0.50.21'
 
 from changedetectionio.strtobool import strtobool
 from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError

changedetectionio/async_update_worker.py

@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ async def async_update_worker(worker_id, q, notification_q, app, datastore):
                             if update_handler.fetcher.content or (not update_handler.fetcher.content and empty_pages_are_a_change):
                                 watch.save_last_fetched_html(contents=update_handler.fetcher.content, timestamp=int(fetch_start_time))
 
+                            # Explicitly delete large content variables to free memory IMMEDIATELY after saving
+                            # These are no longer needed after being saved to history
+                            del contents
+
                             # Send notifications on second+ check
                             if watch.history_n >= 2:
                                 logger.info(f"Change detected in UUID {uuid} - {watch['url']}")
@@ -372,6 +376,12 @@ async def async_update_worker(worker_id, q, notification_q, app, datastore):
                 datastore.update_watch(uuid=uuid, update_obj={'fetch_time': round(time.time() - fetch_start_time, 3),
                                                                'check_count': count})
 
+                # NOW clear fetcher content - after all processing is complete
+                # This is the last point where we need the fetcher data
+                if update_handler and hasattr(update_handler, 'fetcher') and update_handler.fetcher:
+                    update_handler.fetcher.clear_content()
+                    logger.debug(f"Cleared fetcher content for UUID {uuid}")
+
         except Exception as e:
             logger.error(f"Worker {worker_id} unexpected error processing {uuid}: {e}")
             logger.error(f"Worker {worker_id} traceback:", exc_info=True)
@@ -392,7 +402,28 @@ async def async_update_worker(worker_id, q, notification_q, app, datastore):
                         #logger.info(f"Worker {worker_id} sending completion signal for UUID {watch['uuid']}")
                         watch_check_update.send(watch_uuid=watch['uuid'])
 
-                    update_handler = None
+                    # Explicitly clean up update_handler and all its references
+                    if update_handler:
+                        # Clear fetcher content using the proper method
+                        if hasattr(update_handler, 'fetcher') and update_handler.fetcher:
+                            update_handler.fetcher.clear_content()
+
+                        # Clear processor references
+                        if hasattr(update_handler, 'content_processor'):
+                            update_handler.content_processor = None
+
+                        update_handler = None
+
+                    # Clear local contents variable if it still exists
+                    if 'contents' in locals():
+                        del contents
+
+                    # Note: We don't set watch = None here because:
+                    # 1. watch is just a local reference to datastore.data['watching'][uuid]
+                    # 2. Setting it to None doesn't affect the datastore
+                    # 3. GC can't collect the object anyway (still referenced by datastore)
+                    # 4. It would just cause confusion
+
                     logger.debug(f"Worker {worker_id} completed watch {uuid} in {time.time()-fetch_start_time:.2f}s")
                 except Exception as cleanup_error:
                     logger.error(f"Worker {worker_id} error during cleanup: {cleanup_error}")

changedetectionio/blueprint/settings/templates/settings.html

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% extends 'base.html' %}
 
 {% block content %}
-{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button, render_time_schedule_form, render_ternary_field %}
+{% from '_helpers.html' import render_field, render_checkbox_field, render_button, render_time_schedule_form, render_ternary_field, render_fieldlist_with_inline_errors %}
 {% from '_common_fields.html' import render_common_settings_form %}
 <script>
     const notification_base_url="{{url_for('ui.ui_notification.ajax_callback_send_notification_test', mode="global-settings")}}";
@@ -72,25 +72,23 @@
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Allow access to view watch diff page when password is enabled (Good for sharing the diff page)
                         </span>
                     </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.rss_hide_muted_watches) }}
-                    </div>
-                    <div class="pure-control-group">
-                        {{ render_field(form.application.form.rss_content_format) }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Love RSS? Does your reader support HTML? Set it here</span>
-                    </div>
                     <div class="pure-control-group">
                         {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.empty_pages_are_a_change) }}
                         <span class="pure-form-message-inline">When a request returns no content, or the HTML does not contain any text, is this considered a change?</span>
                     </div>
-                {% if form.requests.proxy %}
-                    <div class="pure-control-group inline-radio">
-                        {{ render_field(form.requests.form.proxy, class="fetch-backend-proxy") }}
-                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
-                        Choose a default proxy for all watches
-                        </span>
+                    <div class="grey-form-border">
+                        <div class="pure-control-group">
+                            {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.rss_hide_muted_watches) }}
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="pure-control-group">
+                            {{ render_field(form.application.form.rss_content_format) }}
+                            <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Love RSS? Does your reader support HTML? Set it here</span>
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="pure-control-group">
+                            {{ render_checkbox_field(form.application.form.rss_reader_mode) }}
+                            <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Transforms RSS/RDF feed watches into beautiful text only</span>
+                        </div>
                     </div>
-                {% endif %}
                 </fieldset>
             </div>
 
@@ -314,17 +312,27 @@ nav
                <p><strong>Tip</strong>: "Residential" and "Mobile" proxy type can be more successfull than "Data Center" for blocked websites.
 
                 <div class="pure-control-group" id="extra-proxies-setting">
-                {{ render_field(form.requests.form.extra_proxies) }}
+                {{ render_fieldlist_with_inline_errors(form.requests.form.extra_proxies) }}
                 <span class="pure-form-message-inline">"Name" will be used for selecting the proxy in the Watch Edit settings</span><br>
                 <span class="pure-form-message-inline">SOCKS5 proxies with authentication are only supported with 'plain requests' fetcher, for other fetchers you should whitelist the IP access instead</span>
+                {% if form.requests.proxy %}
+                <div>
+                <br>
+                    <div class="inline-radio">
+                        {{ render_field(form.requests.form.proxy, class="fetch-backend-proxy") }}
+                        <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Choose a default proxy for all watches</span>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+                {% endif %}
                 </div>
                 <div class="pure-control-group" id="extra-browsers-setting">
                     <p>
                     <span class="pure-form-message-inline"><i>Extra Browsers</i> can be attached to further defeat CAPTCHA's on websites that are particularly hard to scrape.</span><br>
                     <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Simply paste the connection address into the box, <a href="https://changedetection.io/tutorial/using-bright-datas-scraping-browser-pass-captchas-and-other-protection-when-monitoring">More instructions and examples here</a> </span>
                     </p>
-                    {{ render_field(form.requests.form.extra_browsers) }}
+                    {{ render_fieldlist_with_inline_errors(form.requests.form.extra_browsers) }}
                 </div>
+            
             </div>
             <div id="actions">
                 <div class="pure-control-group">

changedetectionio/content_fetchers/base.py

@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ class Fetcher():
     # Time ONTOP of the system defined env minimum time
     render_extract_delay = 0
 
+    def clear_content(self):
+        """
+        Explicitly clear all content from memory to free up heap space.
+        Call this after content has been saved to disk.
+        """
+        self.content = None
+        if hasattr(self, 'raw_content'):
+            self.raw_content = None
+        self.screenshot = None
+        self.xpath_data = None
+        # Keep headers and status_code as they're small
+        logger.trace("Fetcher content cleared from memory")
+
     @abstractmethod
     def get_error(self):
         return self.error

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -678,6 +678,51 @@ class ValidateCSSJSONXPATHInput(object):
                 except:
                     raise ValidationError("A system-error occurred when validating your jq expression")
 
+class ValidateSimpleURL:
+    """Validate that the value can be parsed by urllib.parse.urlparse() and has a scheme/netloc."""
+    def __init__(self, message=None):
+        self.message = message or "Invalid URL."
+
+    def __call__(self, form, field):
+        data = (field.data or "").strip()
+        if not data:
+            return  # empty is OK — pair with validators.Optional()
+        from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+        parsed = urlparse(data)
+        if not parsed.scheme or not parsed.netloc:
+            raise ValidationError(self.message)
+
+class ValidateStartsWithRegex(object):
+    def __init__(self, regex, *, flags=0, message=None, allow_empty=True, split_lines=True):
+        # compile with given flags (we’ll pass re.IGNORECASE below)
+        self.pattern = re.compile(regex, flags) if isinstance(regex, str) else regex
+        self.message = message
+        self.allow_empty = allow_empty
+        self.split_lines = split_lines
+
+    def __call__(self, form, field):
+        data = field.data
+        if not data:
+            return
+
+        # normalize into list of lines
+        if isinstance(data, str) and self.split_lines:
+            lines = data.splitlines()
+        elif isinstance(data, (list, tuple)):
+            lines = data
+        else:
+            lines = [data]
+
+        for line in lines:
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            if not stripped:
+                if self.allow_empty:
+                    continue
+                raise ValidationError(self.message or "Empty value not allowed.")
+            if not self.pattern.match(stripped):
+                raise ValidationError(self.message or "Invalid value.")
+
 class quickWatchForm(Form):
     from . import processors
 
@@ -865,16 +910,29 @@ class processor_text_json_diff_form(commonSettingsForm):
 
 
 class SingleExtraProxy(Form):
-
     # maybe better to set some <script>var..
     proxy_name = StringField('Name', [validators.Optional()], render_kw={"placeholder": "Name"})
-    proxy_url = StringField('Proxy URL', [validators.Optional()], render_kw={"placeholder": "socks5:// or regular proxy http://user:pass@...:3128", "size":50})
-    # @todo do the validation here instead
+    proxy_url = StringField('Proxy URL', [
+        validators.Optional(),
+        ValidateStartsWithRegex(
+            regex=r'^(https?|socks5)://',  # ✅ main pattern
+            flags=re.IGNORECASE,  # ✅ makes it case-insensitive
+            message='Proxy URLs must start with http://, https:// or socks5://',
+        ),
+        ValidateSimpleURL()
+    ], render_kw={"placeholder": "socks5:// or regular proxy http://user:pass@...:3128", "size":50})
 
 class SingleExtraBrowser(Form):
     browser_name = StringField('Name', [validators.Optional()], render_kw={"placeholder": "Name"})
-    browser_connection_url = StringField('Browser connection URL', [validators.Optional()], render_kw={"placeholder": "wss://brightdata... wss://oxylabs etc", "size":50})
-    # @todo do the validation here instead
+    browser_connection_url = StringField('Browser connection URL', [
+        validators.Optional(),
+        ValidateStartsWithRegex(
+            regex=r'^(wss?|ws)://',
+            flags=re.IGNORECASE,
+            message='Browser URLs must start with wss:// or ws://'
+        ),
+        ValidateSimpleURL()
+    ], render_kw={"placeholder": "wss://brightdata... wss://oxylabs etc", "size":50})
 
 class DefaultUAInputForm(Form):
     html_requests = StringField('Plaintext requests', validators=[validators.Optional()], render_kw={"placeholder": "<default>"})
@@ -885,7 +943,7 @@ class DefaultUAInputForm(Form):
 class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
     time_between_check = RequiredFormField(TimeBetweenCheckForm)
     time_schedule_limit = FormField(ScheduleLimitForm)
-    proxy = RadioField('Proxy')
+    proxy = RadioField('Default proxy')
     jitter_seconds = IntegerField('Random jitter seconds ± check',
                                   render_kw={"style": "width: 5em;"},
                                   validators=[validators.NumberRange(min=0, message="Should contain zero or more seconds")])
@@ -940,6 +998,10 @@ class globalSettingsApplicationForm(commonSettingsForm):
     strip_ignored_lines = BooleanField('Strip ignored lines')
     rss_hide_muted_watches = BooleanField('Hide muted watches from RSS feed', default=True,
                                       validators=[validators.Optional()])
+
+    rss_reader_mode = BooleanField('RSS reader mode ', default=False,
+                                      validators=[validators.Optional()])
+
     filter_failure_notification_threshold_attempts = IntegerField('Number of times the filter can be missing before sending a notification',
                                                                   render_kw={"style": "width: 5em;"},
                                                                   validators=[validators.NumberRange(min=0,

changedetectionio/html_tools.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from loguru import logger
-from lxml import etree
 from typing import List
 import html
 import json
@@ -58,13 +57,17 @@ def include_filters(include_filters, html_content, append_pretty_line_formatting
 
     return html_block
 
-def subtractive_css_selector(css_selector, html_content):
+def subtractive_css_selector(css_selector, content):
     from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, "html.parser")
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(content, "html.parser")
 
     # So that the elements dont shift their index, build a list of elements here which will be pointers to their place in the DOM
     elements_to_remove = soup.select(css_selector)
 
+    if not elements_to_remove:
+        # Better to return the original that rebuild with BeautifulSoup
+        return content
+
     # Then, remove them in a separate loop
     for item in elements_to_remove:
         item.decompose()
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ def subtractive_css_selector(css_selector, html_content):
     return str(soup)
 
 def subtractive_xpath_selector(selectors: List[str], html_content: str) -> str:
+    from lxml import etree
     # Parse the HTML content using lxml
     html_tree = etree.HTML(html_content)
 
@@ -83,6 +87,10 @@ def subtractive_xpath_selector(selectors: List[str], html_content: str) -> str:
         # Collect elements for each selector
         elements_to_remove.extend(html_tree.xpath(selector))
 
+    # If no elements were found, return the original HTML content
+    if not elements_to_remove:
+        return html_content
+
     # Then, remove them in a separate loop
     for element in elements_to_remove:
         if element.getparent() is not None:  # Ensure the element has a parent before removing
@@ -295,70 +303,92 @@ def _get_stripped_text_from_json_match(match):
 
     return stripped_text_from_html
 
+def extract_json_blob_from_html(content, ensure_is_ldjson_info_type, json_filter):
+    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+    stripped_text_from_html = ''
+
+    # Foreach <script json></script> blob.. just return the first that matches json_filter
+    # As a last resort, try to parse the whole <body>
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(content, 'html.parser')
+
+    if ensure_is_ldjson_info_type:
+        bs_result = soup.find_all('script', {"type": "application/ld+json"})
+    else:
+        bs_result = soup.find_all('script')
+    bs_result += soup.find_all('body')
+
+    bs_jsons = []
+
+    for result in bs_result:
+        # result.text is how bs4 magically strips JSON from the body
+        content_start = result.text.lstrip("\ufeff").strip()[:100] if result.text else ''
+        # Skip empty tags, and things that dont even look like JSON
+        if not result.text or not (content_start[0] == '{' or content_start[0] == '['):
+            continue
+        try:
+            json_data = json.loads(result.text)
+            bs_jsons.append(json_data)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            # Skip objects which cannot be parsed
+            continue
+
+    if not bs_jsons:
+        raise JSONNotFound("No parsable JSON found in this document")
+
+    for json_data in bs_jsons:
+        stripped_text_from_html = _parse_json(json_data, json_filter)
+
+        if ensure_is_ldjson_info_type:
+            # Could sometimes be list, string or something else random
+            if isinstance(json_data, dict):
+                # If it has LD JSON 'key' @type, and @type is 'product', and something was found for the search
+                # (Some sites have multiple of the same ld+json @type='product', but some have the review part, some have the 'price' part)
+                # @type could also be a list although non-standard ("@type": ["Product", "SubType"],)
+                # LD_JSON auto-extract also requires some content PLUS the ldjson to be present
+                # 1833 - could be either str or dict, should not be anything else
+
+                t = json_data.get('@type')
+                if t and stripped_text_from_html:
+
+                    if isinstance(t, str) and t.lower() == ensure_is_ldjson_info_type.lower():
+                        break
+                    # The non-standard part, some have a list
+                    elif isinstance(t, list):
+                        if ensure_is_ldjson_info_type.lower() in [x.lower().strip() for x in t]:
+                            break
+
+        elif stripped_text_from_html:
+            break
+
+    return stripped_text_from_html
+
 # content - json
 # json_filter - ie json:$..price
 # ensure_is_ldjson_info_type - str "product", optional, "@type == product" (I dont know how to do that as a json selector)
 def extract_json_as_string(content, json_filter, ensure_is_ldjson_info_type=None):
-    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
     stripped_text_from_html = False
 # https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/2041#issuecomment-1848397161w
     # Try to parse/filter out the JSON, if we get some parser error, then maybe it's embedded within HTML tags
-    try:
-        # .lstrip("\ufeff") strings ByteOrderMark from UTF8 and still lets the UTF work
-        stripped_text_from_html = _parse_json(json.loads(content.lstrip("\ufeff") ), json_filter)
-    except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-        logger.warning(str(e))
 
-        # Foreach <script json></script> blob.. just return the first that matches json_filter
-        # As a last resort, try to parse the whole <body>
-        soup = BeautifulSoup(content, 'html.parser')
+    # Looks like clean JSON, dont bother extracting from HTML
 
-        if ensure_is_ldjson_info_type:
-            bs_result = soup.find_all('script', {"type": "application/ld+json"})
-        else:
-            bs_result = soup.find_all('script')
-        bs_result += soup.find_all('body')
+    content_start = content.lstrip("\ufeff").strip()[:100]
 
-        bs_jsons = []
-        for result in bs_result:
-            # Skip empty tags, and things that dont even look like JSON
-            if not result.text or '{' not in result.text:
-                continue
-            try:
-                json_data = json.loads(result.text)
-                bs_jsons.append(json_data)
-            except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                # Skip objects which cannot be parsed
-                continue
-
-        if not bs_jsons:
-            raise JSONNotFound("No parsable JSON found in this document")
-        
-        for json_data in bs_jsons:
-            stripped_text_from_html = _parse_json(json_data, json_filter)
-
-            if ensure_is_ldjson_info_type:
-                # Could sometimes be list, string or something else random
-                if isinstance(json_data, dict):
-                    # If it has LD JSON 'key' @type, and @type is 'product', and something was found for the search
-                    # (Some sites have multiple of the same ld+json @type='product', but some have the review part, some have the 'price' part)
-                    # @type could also be a list although non-standard ("@type": ["Product", "SubType"],)
-                    # LD_JSON auto-extract also requires some content PLUS the ldjson to be present
-                    # 1833 - could be either str or dict, should not be anything else
-
-                    t = json_data.get('@type')
-                    if t and stripped_text_from_html:
-
-                        if isinstance(t, str) and t.lower() == ensure_is_ldjson_info_type.lower():
-                            break
-                        # The non-standard part, some have a list
-                        elif isinstance(t, list):
-                            if ensure_is_ldjson_info_type.lower() in [x.lower().strip() for x in t]:
-                                break
-
-            elif stripped_text_from_html:
-                break
+    if content_start[0] == '{' or content_start[0] == '[':
+        try:
+            # .lstrip("\ufeff") strings ByteOrderMark from UTF8 and still lets the UTF work
+            stripped_text_from_html = _parse_json(json.loads(content.lstrip("\ufeff")), json_filter)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Error processing JSON {content[:20]}...{str(e)})")
+    else:
+        # Probably something else, go fish inside for it
+        try:
+            stripped_text_from_html = extract_json_blob_from_html(content=content,
+                                                                  ensure_is_ldjson_info_type=ensure_is_ldjson_info_type,
+                                                                  json_filter=json_filter                                                                  )
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+            logger.warning(f"Error processing JSON while extracting JSON from HTML blob {content[:20]}...{str(e)})")
 
     if not stripped_text_from_html:
         # Re 265 - Just return an empty string when filter not found

changedetectionio/model/App.py

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class model(dict):
                     'rss_access_token': None,
                     'rss_content_format': RSS_FORMAT_TYPES[0][0],
                     'rss_hide_muted_watches': True,
+                    'rss_reader_mode': False,
                     'schema_version' : 0,
                     'shared_diff_access': False,
                     'strip_ignored_lines': False,

changedetectionio/processors/magic.py

@@ -64,24 +64,31 @@ class guess_stream_type():
         # Remove whitespace between < and tag name for robust detection (handles '< html', '<\nhtml', etc.)
         test_content_normalized = re.sub(r'<\s+', '<', test_content)
 
-        # Magic will sometimes call text/plain as text/html!
+        # Use puremagic for lightweight MIME detection (saves ~14MB vs python-magic)
         magic_result = None
         try:
-            import magic
+            import puremagic
 
-            mime = magic.from_buffer(content[:200], mime=True) # Send the original content
-            logger.debug(f"Guessing mime type, original content_type '{http_content_header}', mime type detected '{mime}'")
-            if mime and "/" in mime:
-                magic_result = mime
-                # Ignore generic/fallback mime types from magic
-                if mime in ['application/octet-stream', 'application/x-empty', 'binary']:
-                    logger.debug(f"Ignoring generic mime type '{mime}' from magic library")
-                # Trust magic for non-text types immediately
-                elif mime not in ['text/html', 'text/plain']:
-                    magic_content_header = mime
+            # puremagic needs bytes, so encode if we have a string
+            content_bytes = content[:200].encode('utf-8') if isinstance(content, str) else content[:200]
+
+            # puremagic returns a list of PureMagic objects with confidence scores
+            detections = puremagic.magic_string(content_bytes)
+            if detections:
+                # Get the highest confidence detection
+                mime = detections[0].mime_type
+                logger.debug(f"Guessing mime type, original content_type '{http_content_header}', mime type detected '{mime}'")
+                if mime and "/" in mime:
+                    magic_result = mime
+                    # Ignore generic/fallback mime types
+                    if mime in ['application/octet-stream', 'application/x-empty', 'binary']:
+                        logger.debug(f"Ignoring generic mime type '{mime}' from puremagic library")
+                    # Trust puremagic for non-text types immediately
+                    elif mime not in ['text/html', 'text/plain']:
+                        magic_content_header = mime
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.error(f"Error getting a more precise mime type from 'magic' library ({str(e)}), using content-based detection")
+            logger.error(f"Error getting a more precise mime type from 'puremagic' library ({str(e)}), using content-based detection")
 
         # Content-based detection (most reliable for text formats)
         # Check for HTML patterns first - if found, override magic's text/plain
@@ -94,24 +101,21 @@ class guess_stream_type():
             self.is_rss = True
         elif any(s in http_content_header for s in JSON_CONTENT_TYPES):
             self.is_json = True
+        elif 'pdf' in magic_content_header:
+            self.is_pdf = True
+        elif has_html_patterns or http_content_header == 'text/html':
+            self.is_html = True
+        elif any(s in magic_content_header for s in JSON_CONTENT_TYPES):
+            self.is_json = True
+        # magic will call a rss document 'xml'
+        # Rarely do endpoints give the right header, usually just text/xml, so we check also for <rss
+        # This also triggers the automatic CDATA text parser so the RSS goes back a nice content list
+        elif '<rss' in test_content_normalized or '<feed' in test_content_normalized or any(s in magic_content_header for s in RSS_XML_CONTENT_TYPES) or '<rdf:' in test_content_normalized:
+            self.is_rss = True
         elif any(s in http_content_header for s in XML_CONTENT_TYPES):
             # Only mark as generic XML if not already detected as RSS
             if not self.is_rss:
                 self.is_xml = True
-        elif 'pdf' in magic_content_header:
-            self.is_pdf = True
-###
-        elif has_html_patterns or http_content_header == 'text/html':
-            self.is_html = True
-        # If magic says text/plain and we found no HTML patterns, trust it
-        elif magic_result == 'text/plain':
-            self.is_plaintext = True
-            logger.debug(f"Trusting magic's text/plain result (no HTML patterns detected)")
-        elif any(s in magic_content_header for s in JSON_CONTENT_TYPES):
-            self.is_json = True
-        # magic will call a rss document 'xml'
-        elif '<rss' in test_content_normalized or '<feed' in test_content_normalized or any(s in magic_content_header for s in RSS_XML_CONTENT_TYPES):
-            self.is_rss = True
         elif test_content_normalized.startswith('<?xml') or any(s in magic_content_header for s in XML_CONTENT_TYPES):
             # Generic XML that's not RSS/Atom (RSS/Atom checked above)
             self.is_xml = True
@@ -122,4 +126,8 @@ class guess_stream_type():
         # Only trust magic for 'text' if no other patterns matched
         elif 'text' in magic_content_header:
             self.is_plaintext = True
+        # If magic says text/plain and we found no HTML patterns, trust it
+        elif magic_result == 'text/plain':
+            self.is_plaintext = True
+            logger.debug(f"Trusting magic's text/plain result (no HTML patterns detected)")
 

changedetectionio/processors/text_json_diff/processor.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
 name = 'Webpage Text/HTML, JSON and PDF changes'
 description = 'Detects all text changes where possible'
 
-json_filter_prefixes = ['json:', 'jq:', 'jqraw:']
+JSON_FILTER_PREFIXES = ['json:', 'jq:', 'jqraw:']
 
 # Assume it's this type if the server says nothing on content-type
 DEFAULT_WHEN_NO_CONTENT_TYPE_HEADER = 'text/html'
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ class FilterConfig:
     def has_include_filters(self):
         return bool(self.include_filters) and bool(self.include_filters[0].strip())
 
+    @property
+    def has_include_json_filters(self):
+        return any(f.strip().startswith(prefix) for f in self.include_filters for prefix in JSON_FILTER_PREFIXES)
+
     @property
     def has_subtractive_selectors(self):
         return bool(self.subtractive_selectors) and bool(self.subtractive_selectors[0].strip())
@@ -224,10 +228,23 @@ class ContentProcessor:
         self.datastore = datastore
 
     def preprocess_rss(self, content):
-        """Convert CDATA/comments in RSS to usable text."""
-        return cdata_in_document_to_text(html_content=content)
+        """
+        Convert CDATA/comments in RSS to usable text.
 
-    def preprocess_pdf(self, content, raw_content):
+        Supports two RSS processing modes:
+        - 'default': Inline CDATA replacement (original behavior)
+        - 'formatted': Format RSS items with title, link, guid, pubDate, and description (CDATA unmarked)
+        """
+        from changedetectionio import rss_tools
+        rss_mode = self.datastore.data["settings"]["application"].get("rss_reader_mode")
+        if rss_mode:
+            # Format RSS items nicely with CDATA content unmarked and converted to text
+            return rss_tools.format_rss_items(content)
+        else:
+            # Default: Original inline CDATA replacement
+            return cdata_in_document_to_text(html_content=content)
+
+    def preprocess_pdf(self, raw_content):
         """Convert PDF to HTML using external tool."""
         from shutil import which
         tool = os.getenv("PDF_TO_HTML_TOOL", "pdftohtml")
@@ -251,19 +268,18 @@ class ContentProcessor:
         metadata = (
             f"<p>Added by changedetection.io: Document checksum - "
             f"{hashlib.md5(raw_content).hexdigest().upper()} "
-            f"Filesize - {len(html_content)} bytes</p>"
+            f"Original file size - {len(raw_content)} bytes</p>"
         )
         return html_content.replace('</body>', metadata + '</body>')
 
-    def preprocess_json(self, content, has_filters):
+    def preprocess_json(self, raw_content):
         """Format and sort JSON content."""
-        # Force reformat if no filters specified
-        if not has_filters:
-            content = html_tools.extract_json_as_string(content=content, json_filter="json:$")
+        # Then we re-format it, else it does have filters (later on) which will reformat it anyway
+        content = html_tools.extract_json_as_string(content=raw_content, json_filter="json:$")
 
         # Sort JSON to avoid false alerts from reordering
         try:
-            content = json.dumps(json.loads(content), sort_keys=True)
+            content = json.dumps(json.loads(content), sort_keys=True, indent=4)
         except Exception:
             # Might be malformed JSON, continue anyway
             pass
@@ -294,7 +310,7 @@ class ContentProcessor:
                 )
 
             # JSON filters
-            elif any(filter_rule.startswith(prefix) for prefix in json_filter_prefixes):
+            elif any(filter_rule.startswith(prefix) for prefix in JSON_FILTER_PREFIXES):
                 filtered_content += html_tools.extract_json_as_string(
                     content=content,
                     json_filter=filter_rule
@@ -381,14 +397,23 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         # RSS preprocessing
         if stream_content_type.is_rss:
             content = content_processor.preprocess_rss(content)
+            if self.datastore.data["settings"]["application"].get("rss_reader_mode"):
+                # Now just becomes regular HTML that can have xpath/CSS applied (first of the set etc)
+                stream_content_type.is_rss = False
+                stream_content_type.is_html = True
+                self.fetcher.content = content
 
         # PDF preprocessing
         if watch.is_pdf or stream_content_type.is_pdf:
-            content = content_processor.preprocess_pdf(content, self.fetcher.raw_content)
+            content = content_processor.preprocess_pdf(raw_content=self.fetcher.raw_content)
+            stream_content_type.is_html = True
+
+        # JSON - Always reformat it nicely for consistency.
 
-        # JSON preprocessing
         if stream_content_type.is_json:
-            content = content_processor.preprocess_json(content, filter_config.has_include_filters)
+            if not filter_config.has_include_json_filters:
+                content = content_processor.preprocess_json(raw_content=content)
+        #else, otherwise it gets sorted/formatted in the filter stage anyway
 
         # HTML obfuscation workarounds
         if stream_content_type.is_html:
@@ -403,6 +428,8 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         html_content = content
 
         # Apply include filters (CSS, XPath, JSON)
+        # Except for plaintext (incase they tried to confuse the system, it will HTML escape
+        #if not stream_content_type.is_plaintext:
         if filter_config.has_include_filters:
             html_content = content_processor.apply_include_filters(content, stream_content_type)
 
@@ -414,6 +441,9 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
         if watch.is_source_type_url:
             # For source URLs, keep raw content
             stripped_text = html_content
+        elif stream_content_type.is_plaintext:
+            # For plaintext, keep as-is without HTML-to-text conversion
+            stripped_text = html_content
         else:
             # Extract text from HTML/RSS content (not generic XML)
             if stream_content_type.is_html or stream_content_type.is_rss:
@@ -526,6 +556,20 @@ class perform_site_check(difference_detection_processor):
             else:
                 logger.debug(f"check_unique_lines: UUID {watch.get('uuid')} had unique content")
 
+        # Note: Explicit cleanup is only needed here because text_json_diff handles
+        # large strings (100KB-300KB for RSS/HTML). The other processors work with
+        # small strings and don't need this.
+        #
+        # Python would clean these up automatically, but explicit `del` frees memory
+        # immediately rather than waiting for function return, reducing peak memory usage.
+        del content
+        if 'html_content' in locals() and html_content is not stripped_text:
+            del html_content
+        if 'text_content_before_ignored_filter' in locals() and text_content_before_ignored_filter is not stripped_text:
+            del text_content_before_ignored_filter
+        if 'text_for_checksuming' in locals() and text_for_checksuming is not stripped_text:
+            del text_for_checksuming
+
         return changed_detected, update_obj, stripped_text
 
     def _apply_diff_filtering(self, watch, stripped_text, text_before_filter):

changedetectionio/rss_tools.py

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""
+RSS/Atom feed processing tools for changedetection.io
+"""
+
+from loguru import logger
+import re
+
+
+def cdata_in_document_to_text(html_content: str, render_anchor_tag_content=False) -> str:
+    """
+    Process CDATA sections in HTML/XML content - inline replacement.
+
+    Args:
+        html_content: The HTML/XML content to process
+        render_anchor_tag_content: Whether to render anchor tag content
+
+    Returns:
+        Processed HTML/XML content with CDATA sections replaced inline
+    """
+    from xml.sax.saxutils import escape as xml_escape
+    from .html_tools import html_to_text
+
+    pattern = '<!\[CDATA\[(\s*(?:.(?<!\]\]>)\s*)*)\]\]>'
+
+    def repl(m):
+        text = m.group(1)
+        return xml_escape(html_to_text(html_content=text, render_anchor_tag_content=render_anchor_tag_content)).strip()
+
+    return re.sub(pattern, repl, html_content)
+
+
+def format_rss_items(rss_content: str, render_anchor_tag_content=False) -> str:
+    """
+    Format RSS/Atom feed items in a readable text format using feedparser.
+
+    Converts RSS <item> or Atom <entry> elements to formatted text with:
+    - <title> → <h1>Title</h1>
+    - <link> → Link: [url]
+    - <guid> → Guid: [id]
+    - <pubDate> → PubDate: [date]
+    - <description> or <content> → Raw HTML content (CDATA and entities automatically handled)
+
+    Args:
+        rss_content: The RSS/Atom feed content
+        render_anchor_tag_content: Whether to render anchor tag content in descriptions (unused, kept for compatibility)
+
+    Returns:
+        Formatted HTML content ready for html_to_text conversion
+    """
+    try:
+        import feedparser
+        from xml.sax.saxutils import escape as xml_escape
+
+        # Parse the feed - feedparser handles all RSS/Atom variants, CDATA, entity unescaping, etc.
+        feed = feedparser.parse(rss_content)
+
+        formatted_items = []
+
+        # Determine feed type for appropriate labels when fields are missing
+        # feedparser sets feed.version to things like 'rss20', 'atom10', etc.
+        is_atom = feed.version and 'atom' in feed.version
+
+        for entry in feed.entries:
+            item_parts = []
+
+            # Title - feedparser handles CDATA and entity unescaping automatically
+            if hasattr(entry, 'title') and entry.title:
+                item_parts.append(f'<h1>{xml_escape(entry.title)}</h1>')
+
+            # Link
+            if hasattr(entry, 'link') and entry.link:
+                item_parts.append(f'Link: {xml_escape(entry.link)}<br>')
+
+            # GUID/ID
+            if hasattr(entry, 'id') and entry.id:
+                item_parts.append(f'Guid: {xml_escape(entry.id)}<br>')
+
+            # Date - feedparser normalizes all date field names to 'published'
+            if hasattr(entry, 'published') and entry.published:
+                item_parts.append(f'PubDate: {xml_escape(entry.published)}<br>')
+
+            # Description/Content - feedparser handles CDATA and entity unescaping automatically
+            # Only add "Summary:" label for Atom <summary> tags
+            content = None
+            add_label = False
+
+            if hasattr(entry, 'content') and entry.content:
+                # Atom <content> - no label, just content
+                content = entry.content[0].value if entry.content[0].value else None
+            elif hasattr(entry, 'summary'):
+                # Could be RSS <description> or Atom <summary>
+                # feedparser maps both to entry.summary
+                content = entry.summary if entry.summary else None
+                # Only add "Summary:" label for Atom feeds (which use <summary> tag)
+                if is_atom:
+                    add_label = True
+
+            # Add content with or without label
+            if content:
+                if add_label:
+                    item_parts.append(f'Summary:<br>{content}')
+                else:
+                    item_parts.append(content)
+            else:
+                # No content - just show <none>
+                item_parts.append('&lt;none&gt;')
+
+            # Join all parts of this item
+            if item_parts:
+                formatted_items.append('\n'.join(item_parts))
+
+        # Wrap each item in a div with classes (first, last, item-N)
+        items_html = []
+        total_items = len(formatted_items)
+        for idx, item in enumerate(formatted_items):
+            classes = ['rss-item']
+            if idx == 0:
+                classes.append('first')
+            if idx == total_items - 1:
+                classes.append('last')
+            classes.append(f'item-{idx + 1}')
+
+            class_str = ' '.join(classes)
+            items_html.append(f'<div class="{class_str}">{item}</div>')
+        return '<html><body>\n'+"\n<br><br>".join(items_html)+'\n</body></html>'
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.warning(f"Error formatting RSS items: {str(e)}")
+        # Fall back to original content
+        return rss_content

changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/styles.scss

@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ label {
  }  
 }
 
-#notification-customisation {
+.grey-form-border {
   border: 1px solid var(--color-border-notification);
   padding: 0.5rem;
   border-radius: 5px;

changedetectionio/templates/_common_fields.html

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
                                 <div id="notification-test-log" style="display: none;"><span class="pure-form-message-inline">Processing..</span></div>
                             </div>
                         </div>
-                        <div id="notification-customisation" class="pure-control-group">
+                        <div class="pure-control-group grey-form-border">
                             <div class="pure-control-group">
                                 {{ render_field(form.notification_title, class="m-d notification-title", placeholder=settings_application['notification_title']) }}
                                 <span class="pure-form-message-inline">Title for all notifications</span>

changedetectionio/templates/_helpers.html

@@ -14,13 +14,31 @@
                 {% if field.errors is mapping and 'form' in field.errors %}
                     {#  and subfield form errors, such as used in RequiredFormField() for TimeBetweenCheckForm sub form #}
                     {% set errors = field.errors['form'] %}
+                    {% for error in errors %}
+                        <li>{{ error }}</li>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                {% elif field.type == 'FieldList' %}
+                    {# Handle FieldList of FormFields - errors is a list of dicts, one per entry #}
+                    {% for idx, entry_errors in field.errors|enumerate %}
+                        {% if entry_errors is mapping and entry_errors %}
+                            {# Only show entries that have actual errors #}
+                            <li><strong>Entry {{ idx + 1 }}:</strong>
+                                <ul>
+                                    {% for field_name, messages in entry_errors.items() %}
+                                        {% for message in messages %}
+                                            <li>{{ field_name }}: {{ message }}</li>
+                                        {% endfor %}
+                                    {% endfor %}
+                                </ul>
+                            </li>
+                        {% endif %}
+                    {% endfor %}
                 {% else %}
                     {#  regular list of errors with this field #}
-                    {% set errors = field.errors %}
+                    {% for error in field.errors %}
+                        <li>{{ error }}</li>
+                    {% endfor %}
                 {% endif %}
-                {% for error in errors %}
-                    <li>{{ error }}</li>
-                {% endfor %}
             </ul>
         {% endif %}
     </div>
@@ -93,6 +111,39 @@
   {{ field(**kwargs)|safe }}
 {% endmacro %}
 
+{% macro render_fieldlist_with_inline_errors(fieldlist) %}
+  {# Specialized macro for FieldList(FormField(...)) that renders errors inline with each field #}
+  <div {% if fieldlist.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>{{ fieldlist.label }}</div>
+  <div {% if fieldlist.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>
+    <ul id="{{ fieldlist.id }}">
+      {% for entry in fieldlist %}
+        <li {% if entry.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>
+          <label for="{{ entry.id }}" {% if entry.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>{{ fieldlist.label.text }}-{{ loop.index0 }}</label>
+          <table id="{{ entry.id }}" {% if entry.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>
+            <tbody>
+              {% for subfield in entry %}
+                <tr {% if subfield.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>
+                  <th {% if subfield.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}><label for="{{ subfield.id }}" {% if subfield.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>{{ subfield.label.text }}</label></th>
+                  <td {% if subfield.errors %} class="error" {% endif %}>
+                    {{ subfield(**kwargs)|safe }}
+                    {% if subfield.errors %}
+                      <ul class="errors">
+                        {% for error in subfield.errors %}
+                          <li class="error">{{ error }}</li>
+                        {% endfor %}
+                      </ul>
+                    {% endif %}
+                  </td>
+                </tr>
+              {% endfor %}
+            </tbody>
+          </table>
+        </li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+{% endmacro %}
+
 {% macro render_conditions_fieldlist_of_formfields_as_table(fieldlist, table_id="rulesTable") %}
   <div class="fieldlist_formfields" id="{{ table_id }}">
     <div class="fieldlist-header">

changedetectionio/tests/conftest.py

@@ -29,16 +29,28 @@ def reportlog(pytestconfig):
     logger.remove(handler_id)
 
 
+def format_memory_human(bytes_value):
+    """Format memory in human-readable units (KB, MB, GB)"""
+    if bytes_value < 1024:
+        return f"{bytes_value} B"
+    elif bytes_value < 1024 ** 2:
+        return f"{bytes_value / 1024:.2f} KB"
+    elif bytes_value < 1024 ** 3:
+        return f"{bytes_value / (1024 ** 2):.2f} MB"
+    else:
+        return f"{bytes_value / (1024 ** 3):.2f} GB"
+
 def track_memory(memory_usage, ):
     process = psutil.Process(os.getpid())
     while not memory_usage["stop"]:
         current_rss = process.memory_info().rss
         memory_usage["peak"] = max(memory_usage["peak"], current_rss)
+        memory_usage["current"] = current_rss  # Keep updating current
         time.sleep(0.01)  # Adjust the sleep time as needed
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')
 def measure_memory_usage(request):
-    memory_usage = {"peak": 0, "stop": False}
+    memory_usage = {"peak": 0, "current": 0, "stop": False}
     tracker_thread = Thread(target=track_memory, args=(memory_usage,))
     tracker_thread.start()
 
@@ -47,16 +59,17 @@ def measure_memory_usage(request):
     memory_usage["stop"] = True
     tracker_thread.join()
 
-    # Note: ru_maxrss is in kilobytes on Unix-based systems
-    max_memory_used = memory_usage["peak"] / 1024  # Convert to MB
-    s = f"{time.time()} Peak memory used by the test {request.node.fspath} - '{request.node.name}': {max_memory_used:.2f} MB"
+    # Note: psutil returns RSS memory in bytes
+    peak_human = format_memory_human(memory_usage["peak"])
+
+    s = f"{time.time()} {request.node.fspath} - '{request.node.name}' - Peak memory: {peak_human}"
     logger.debug(s)
 
     with open("test-memory.log", 'a') as f:
         f.write(f"{s}\n")
 
     # Assert that the memory usage is less than 200MB
-#    assert max_memory_used < 150, f"Memory usage exceeded 200MB: {max_memory_used:.2f} MB"
+#    assert peak_memory_kb < 150 * 1024, f"Memory usage exceeded 150MB: {peak_human}"
 
 
 def cleanup(datastore_path):

changedetectionio/tests/custom_browser_url/test_custom_browser_url.py

@@ -29,13 +29,8 @@ def do_test(client, live_server, make_test_use_extra_browser=False):
     assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     if make_test_use_extra_browser:

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_list/test_select_custom_proxy.py

@@ -49,3 +49,39 @@ def test_select_custom(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     #
     # Now we should see the request in the container logs for "squid-squid-custom" because it will be the only default
 
+
+def test_custom_proxy_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
+
+    # Goto settings, add our custom one
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
+        data={
+            "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+            "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": 'html_requests',
+            "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "custom-test-proxy",
+            "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "xxxxhtt/333??p://test:awesome@squid-custom:3128",
+        },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"Settings updated." not in res.data
+    assert b'Proxy URLs must start with' in res.data
+
+
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("settings.settings_page"),
+        data={
+            "requests-time_between_check-minutes": 180,
+            "application-ignore_whitespace": "y",
+            "application-fetch_backend": 'html_requests',
+            "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_name": "custom-test-proxy",
+            "requests-extra_proxies-0-proxy_url": "https://",
+        },
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    assert b"Settings updated." not in res.data
+    assert b"Invalid URL." in res.data
+    

changedetectionio/tests/proxy_socks5/test_socks5_proxy.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 from flask import url_for
-from changedetectionio.tests.util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client
+from changedetectionio.tests.util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 
 
 def set_response():
@@ -98,6 +98,5 @@ def test_socks5(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     )
     assert b"OK" in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 

changedetectionio/tests/smtp/test_notification_smtp.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import re
 from flask import url_for
 from changedetectionio.tests.util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, set_more_modified_response, live_server_setup, \
     wait_for_all_checks, \
-    set_longer_modified_response
+    set_longer_modified_response, delete_all_watches
 from changedetectionio.tests.util import extract_UUID_from_client
 import logging
 import base64
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ def test_check_notification_email_formats_default_HTML(client, live_server, meas
     assert '(added) So let\'s see what happens.\r\n' in msg  # The plaintext part with \r\n
     assert 'Content-Type: text/html' in msg
     assert '(added) So let\'s see what happens.<br>' in msg  # the html part
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_check_notification_email_formats_default_Text_override_HTML(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -179,5 +178,4 @@ def test_check_notification_email_formats_default_Text_override_HTML(client, liv
     assert '&lt;' not in msg
     assert 'Content-Type: text/html' in msg
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_access_control.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
 from flask import url_for
 import time
 
-def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server):
+def test_check_access_control(app, client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Still doesnt work, but this is closer.
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_add_replace_remove_filter.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os.path
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, wait_for_notification_endpoint_output
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, wait_for_notification_endpoint_output, delete_all_watches
 import time
 
 def set_original(excluding=None, add_line=None):
@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ def test_check_removed_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory
     set_original()
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -107,14 +103,12 @@ def test_check_removed_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
     time.sleep(1)
 
     # Give the endpoint time to spin up
@@ -137,12 +131,8 @@ def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     set_original()
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -187,5 +177,4 @@ def test_check_add_line_contains_trigger(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
         assert b'-Oh yes please' in response
         assert '网站监测 内容更新了'.encode('utf-8') in response
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_api.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 import json
 import uuid
@@ -276,8 +276,7 @@ def test_access_denied(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert res.status_code == 200
 
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("settings.settings_page"),
@@ -385,8 +384,7 @@ def test_api_watch_PUT_update(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b'Additional properties are not allowed' in res.data
 
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_api_import(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):

changedetectionio/tests/test_api_notifications.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from flask import url_for
 from .util import live_server_setup
 import json
 
-def test_api_notifications_crud(client, live_server):
+def test_api_notifications_crud(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
     api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_api_search.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import time
 from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
 
 
-def test_api_search(client, live_server):
+def test_api_search(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
     api_key = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application'].get('api_access_token')
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_auth.py

@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@ def test_basic_auth(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # This page will echo back any auth info
     test_url = url_for('test_basicauth_method', _external=True).replace("//","//myuser:mypass@")
     time.sleep(1)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     time.sleep(1)
     # Check form validation

changedetectionio/tests/test_automatic_follow_ldjson_price.py

@@ -86,12 +86,8 @@ def test_check_ldjson_price_autodetect(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Should get a notice that it's available
@@ -129,12 +125,8 @@ def test_check_ldjson_price_autodetect(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    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'ldjson-price-track-offer' not in res.data
@@ -146,12 +138,8 @@ def test_check_ldjson_price_autodetect(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage
 def _test_runner_check_bad_format_ignored(live_server, client, has_ldjson_price_data):
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     for k,v in client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').data['watching'].items():

changedetectionio/tests/test_backend.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import time
 from flask import url_for
 from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_rss_token_from_UI, \
-    extract_UUID_from_client
+    extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 
 sleep_time_for_fetch_thread = 3
 
@@ -163,8 +163,7 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
 
     #
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_non_text_mime_or_downloads(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """
@@ -193,13 +192,8 @@ got it\r\n
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/octet-stream", _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -227,7 +221,7 @@ got it\r\n
     assert b"some random text that should be split by line\n" in res.data
 
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_standard_text_plain(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -258,13 +252,8 @@ got it\r\n
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="text/plain", _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -293,7 +282,7 @@ got it\r\n
     assert b"some random text that should be split by line\n" in res.data
     assert b"<title>Even this title should stay because we are just plain text</title>" in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # Server says its plaintext, we should always treat it as plaintext
 def test_plaintext_even_if_xml_content(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -309,13 +298,8 @@ def test_plaintext_even_if_xml_content(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="text/plain", _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -326,7 +310,7 @@ def test_plaintext_even_if_xml_content(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage
 
     assert b'&lt;string name=&#34;feed_update_receiver_name&#34;' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # Server says its plaintext, we should always treat it as plaintext, and then if they have a filter, try to apply that
 def test_plaintext_even_if_xml_content_and_can_apply_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):

changedetectionio/tests/test_block_while_text_present.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 from changedetectionio import html_tools
 
 def set_original_ignore_response():
@@ -70,12 +70,8 @@ def test_check_block_changedetection_text_NOT_present(client, live_server, measu
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -144,5 +140,4 @@ def test_check_block_changedetection_text_NOT_present(client, live_server, measu
 
 
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_clone.py

@@ -14,12 +14,8 @@ def test_clone_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # So that we can be sure the same history doesnt carry over

changedetectionio/tests/test_conditions.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import json
 import time
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 from ..model import CONDITIONS_MATCH_LOGIC_DEFAULT
 
 
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ def set_number_out_of_range_response(number="150"):
         f.write(test_return_data)
 
 
-# def test_setup(client, live_server):
+# def test_setup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """Test that both text and number conditions work together with AND logic."""
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
 
-def test_conditions_with_text_and_number(client, live_server):
+def test_conditions_with_text_and_number(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """Test that both text and number conditions work together with AND logic."""
     
     set_original_response("50")
@@ -60,12 +60,8 @@ def test_conditions_with_text_and_number(client, live_server):
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Configure the watch with two conditions connected with AND:
@@ -143,23 +139,18 @@ def test_conditions_with_text_and_number(client, live_server):
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # The 'validate' button next to each rule row
-def test_condition_validate_rule_row(client, live_server):
+def test_condition_validate_rule_row(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     set_original_response("50")
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))
@@ -230,12 +221,8 @@ def test_wordcount_conditions_plugin(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_css_selector.py

@@ -81,12 +81,8 @@ def test_check_markup_include_filters_restriction(client, live_server, measure_m
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
@@ -138,12 +134,8 @@ def test_check_multiple_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Goto the edit page, add our ignore text
@@ -193,12 +185,8 @@ def test_filter_is_empty_help_suggestion(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Goto the edit page, add our ignore text

changedetectionio/tests/test_element_removal.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import time
 from flask import url_for
 
 from ..html_tools import *
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 
 
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ body > table > tr:nth-child(3) > td:nth-child(3)""",
 
     for selector_list in subtractive_selectors_data:
 
-        res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-        assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+        delete_all_watches(client)
 
         uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url, extras={"subtractive_selectors": selector_list.splitlines()})
         client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)

changedetectionio/tests/test_encoding.py

@@ -28,11 +28,8 @@ def test_check_encoding_detection(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="text/html", _external=True)
-    client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -59,11 +56,8 @@ def test_check_encoding_detection_missing_content_type_header(client, live_serve
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_errorhandling.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import time
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 
 
@@ -19,12 +19,8 @@ def _runner_test_http_errors(client, live_server, http_code, expected_text):
                        status_code=http_code,
                        _external=True)
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -47,8 +43,7 @@ def _runner_test_http_errors(client, live_server, http_code, expected_text):
     #assert b'Error Screenshot' in res.data
 
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_http_error_handler(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -56,8 +51,7 @@ def test_http_error_handler(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     _runner_test_http_errors(client, live_server, 404, 'Page not found')
     _runner_test_http_errors(client, live_server, 500, '(Internal server error) received')
     _runner_test_http_errors(client, live_server, 400, 'Error - Request returned a HTTP error code 400')
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # Just to be sure error text is properly handled
 def test_DNS_errors(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -87,8 +81,7 @@ def test_DNS_errors(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert found_name_resolution_error
     # Should always record that we tried
     assert bytes("just now".encode('utf-8')) in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # Re 1513
 def test_low_level_errors_clear_correctly(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -145,5 +138,4 @@ def test_low_level_errors_clear_correctly(client, live_server, measure_memory_us
     )
     assert not found_name_resolution_error
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_extract_regex.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 from ..html_tools import *
 
@@ -76,12 +76,8 @@ def test_check_filter_multiline(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -131,12 +127,8 @@ def test_check_filter_and_regex_extract(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -212,12 +204,8 @@ def test_regex_error_handling(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     ### test regex error handling
     res = client.post(
@@ -231,5 +219,4 @@ def test_regex_error_handling(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     assert b'is not a valid regular expression.' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_filter_failure_notification.py

@@ -42,13 +42,8 @@ def run_filter_test(client, live_server, content_filter):
     if os.path.isfile("test-datastore/notification.txt"):
         os.unlink("test-datastore/notification.txt")
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))

changedetectionio/tests/test_group.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_rss_token_from_UI, get_UUID_for_tag_name, extract_UUID_from_client
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_rss_token_from_UI, get_UUID_for_tag_name, extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 import os
 
 
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ def test_setup_group_tag(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"should-be-excluded" not in res.data
     assert res.status_code == 200
     assert b"first-imported=1" in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_tag_import_singular(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -147,8 +146,7 @@ def test_tag_import_singular(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     )
     # Should be only 1 tag because they both had the same
     assert res.data.count(b'test-tag') == 1
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_tag_add_in_ui(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -164,8 +162,7 @@ def test_tag_add_in_ui(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     res = client.get(url_for("tags.delete_all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'All tags deleted' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_group_tag_notification(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -232,8 +229,7 @@ def test_group_tag_notification(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     #@todo Test that multiple notifications fired
     #@todo Test that each of multiple notifications with different settings
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_limit_tag_ui(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
@@ -269,8 +265,7 @@ def test_limit_tag_ui(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert res.data.count(b' unviewed ') == 1
 
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("tags.delete_all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'All tags deleted' in res.data
 
@@ -297,8 +292,7 @@ def test_clone_tag_on_import(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # 2 times plus the top link to tag
     assert res.data.count(b'test-tag') == 3
     assert res.data.count(b'another-tag') == 3
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_clone_tag_on_quickwatchform_add(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -325,8 +319,7 @@ def test_clone_tag_on_quickwatchform_add(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     # 2 times plus the top link to tag
     assert res.data.count(b'test-tag') == 3
     assert res.data.count(b'another-tag') == 3
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     res = client.get(url_for("tags.delete_all"), follow_redirects=True)
     assert b'All tags deleted' in res.data
@@ -389,12 +382,8 @@ def test_order_of_filters_tag_filter_and_watch_filter(client, live_server, measu
         f.write(d)
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     filters = [
@@ -480,5 +469,4 @@ the {test} appeared before. {test in res.data[:n]=}
         """
         n += t_index + len(test)
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_history_consistency.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import time
 import os
 import json
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
 
 def test_consistent_history(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -80,19 +80,15 @@ def test_consistent_history(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         assert '"default"' not in f.read(), "'default' probably shouldnt be here, it came from when the 'default' Watch vars were accidently being saved"
 
 
-def test_check_text_history_view(client, live_server):
+def test_check_text_history_view(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
         f.write("<html>test-one</html>")
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -121,5 +117,4 @@ def test_check_text_history_view(client, live_server):
     assert b'test-two' in res.data
     assert b'test-one' not in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignore.py

@@ -27,12 +27,8 @@ def test_ignore(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
     set_original_ignore_response()
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -79,12 +75,8 @@ def test_strip_ignore_lines(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"Settings updated." in res.data
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignore_text.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 from changedetectionio import html_tools
 
 
@@ -97,12 +97,8 @@ def test_check_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -163,8 +159,7 @@ def test_check_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usa
     # it is only ignored, it is not removed (it will be highlighted too)
     assert b'new ignore stuff' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # When adding some ignore text, it should not trigger a change, even if something else on that line changes
 def _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False, extra_ignore=""):
@@ -192,12 +187,8 @@ def _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False, extra_ignore=""):
         # Switch to source mode so we can test that too!
         test_url = "source:"+test_url
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -251,13 +242,12 @@ def _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False, extra_ignore=""):
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
-def test_check_global_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server):
+def test_check_global_ignore_text_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
     _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=False)
 
-def test_check_global_ignore_text_functionality_as_source(client, live_server):
+def test_check_global_ignore_text_functionality_as_source(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
     _run_test_global_ignore(client, as_source=True, extra_ignore='/\?v=\d/')

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorehyperlinks.py

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
-
-
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 
 def set_original_ignore_response():
@@ -117,7 +115,5 @@ def test_render_anchor_tag_content_true(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
     assert b"/test-endpoint" in res.data
 
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"),
-                     follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorestatuscode.py

@@ -60,12 +60,8 @@ def test_normal_page_check_works_with_ignore_status_code(client, live_server, me
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -94,12 +90,8 @@ def test_403_page_check_works_with_ignore_status_code(client, live_server, measu
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', status_code=403, _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)

changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorewhitespace.py

@@ -70,12 +70,8 @@ def test_check_ignore_whitespace(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
     # Trigger a check

changedetectionio/tests/test_import.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import time
 
 from flask import url_for
 
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 
 # def test_setup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ https://example.com tag1, other tag"""
     assert b"3 Imported" in res.data
     assert b"tag1" in res.data
     assert b"other tag" in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     # Clear flask alerts
     res = client.get( url_for("watchlist.index"))
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def xtest_import_skip_url(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
     assert b"ht000000broken" in res.data
     assert b"1 Skipped" in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
     # Clear flask alerts
     res = client.get( url_for("watchlist.index"))
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def test_import_distillio(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"nice stuff" in res.data
     assert b"nerd-news" in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
     # Clear flask alerts
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
 
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ def test_import_custom_xlsx(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
             assert filters[0] == '/html[1]/body[1]/div[4]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]||//*[@id=\'content\']/div[3]/div[1]/div[1]||//*[@id=\'content\']/div[1]'
             assert watch.get('time_between_check') == {'weeks': 0, 'days': 1, 'hours': 6, 'minutes': 24, 'seconds': 0}
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_import_watchete_xlsx(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """Test can upload a excel spreadsheet and the watches are created correctly"""
@@ -214,5 +213,4 @@ def test_import_watchete_xlsx(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         if watch.get('title') == 'system default website':
             assert watch.get('fetch_backend') == 'system' # uses default if blank
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_jsonpath_jq_selector.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for, escape
-from . util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from . util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 import pytest
 jq_support = True
 
@@ -113,14 +113,8 @@ def set_original_ext_response():
     return None
 
 def set_modified_ext_response():
-    data = """
-    [
-    {
-        "isPriceLowered": false,
-        "status": "Sold",
-        "statusOrig": "sold"
-    },
-    {
+    # This should get reformatted
+    data = """ [ { "isPriceLowered": false,  "status": "Sold",  "statusOrig": "sold" }, {
         "_id": "5e7b3e1fb3262d306323ff1e",
         "listingsType": "consumer",
         "isPriceLowered": false,
@@ -207,11 +201,8 @@ def test_check_json_without_filter(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/json", _external=True)
-    client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -225,8 +216,7 @@ def test_check_json_without_filter(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b'"html": "<b>"' in res.data
     assert res.data.count(b'{') >= 2
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def check_json_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
     set_original_response()
@@ -234,34 +224,15 @@ def check_json_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/json", _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url, extras={"include_filters": json_filter.splitlines()})
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    # Goto the edit page, add our ignore text
-    # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": json_filter,
-              "url": test_url,
-              "tags": "",
-              "headers": "",
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
-              },
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
-
     # Check it saved
     res = client.get(
-        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid=uuid),
     )
     assert bytes(escape(json_filter).encode('utf-8')) in res.data
 
@@ -280,14 +251,13 @@ def check_json_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # Should not see this, because its not in the JSONPath we entered
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"))
+    res = client.get(url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid=uuid))
 
     # But the change should be there, tho its hard to test the change was detected because it will show old and new versions
     # And #462 - check we see the proper utf-8 string there
     assert "Örnsköldsvik".encode('utf-8') in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_check_jsonpath_filter(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     check_json_filter('json:boss.name', client, live_server)
@@ -303,36 +273,12 @@ def test_check_jqraw_filter(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 def check_json_filter_bool_val(json_filter, client, live_server):
     set_original_response()
 
-    # Give the endpoint time to spin up
-    time.sleep(1)
-
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/json", _external=True)
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
-
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url, extras={"include_filters": [json_filter]})
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
-    # Goto the edit page, add our ignore text
-    # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
-        data={"include_filters": json_filter,
-              "url": test_url,
-              "tags": "",
-              "headers": "",
-              "fetch_backend": "html_requests",
-              "time_between_check_use_default": "y"
-              },
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
 
-    # Give the thread time to pick it up
-    wait_for_all_checks(client)
     #  Make a change
     set_modified_response()
 
@@ -345,8 +291,7 @@ def check_json_filter_bool_val(json_filter, client, live_server):
     # But the change should be there, tho its hard to test the change was detected because it will show old and new versions
     assert b'false' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_check_jsonpath_filter_bool_val(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     check_json_filter_bool_val("json:$['available']", client, live_server)
@@ -367,25 +312,16 @@ def test_check_jqraw_filter_bool_val(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 def check_json_ext_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
     set_original_ext_response()
 
-    # Give the endpoint time to spin up
-    time.sleep(1)
-
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/json", _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
-
-    # Give the thread time to pick it up
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Goto the edit page, add our ignore text
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(
-        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid=uuid),
         data={"include_filters": json_filter,
               "url": test_url,
               "tags": "",
@@ -399,7 +335,7 @@ def check_json_ext_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
 
     # Check it saved
     res = client.get(
-        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid=uuid),
     )
     assert bytes(escape(json_filter).encode('utf-8')) in res.data
 
@@ -413,6 +349,12 @@ def check_json_ext_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
+    watch = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]
+    dates = list(watch.history.keys())
+    snapshot_contents = watch.get_history_snapshot(dates[0])
+
+    assert snapshot_contents[0] == '['
+
     # It should have 'has-unread-changes'
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
@@ -431,8 +373,7 @@ def check_json_ext_filter(json_filter, client, live_server):
     assert b'ForSale' in res.data
     assert b'Sold' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_ignore_json_order(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # A change in order shouldn't trigger a notification
@@ -443,12 +384,8 @@ def test_ignore_json_order(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/json", _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -473,24 +410,19 @@ def test_ignore_json_order(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_correct_header_detect(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Like in https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/1593
     # Specify extra html that JSON is sometimes wrapped in - when using SockpuppetBrowser / Puppeteer / Playwrightetc
     with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
-        f.write('<html><body>{"hello" : 123, "world": 123}')
+        f.write('<html><body>{ "world": 123, "hello" : 123}')
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     # Check weird casing is cleaned up and detected also
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="aPPlication/JSon", uppercase_headers=True, _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
 
@@ -502,11 +434,20 @@ def test_correct_header_detect(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
-    assert b'&#34;hello&#34;: 123,' in res.data
-    assert b'&#34;world&#34;: 123' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    watch = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]
+    dates = list(watch.history.keys())
+    snapshot_contents = watch.get_history_snapshot(dates[0])
+
+    assert b'&#34;hello&#34;: 123,' in res.data # properly html escaped in the front end
+
+    # Should be correctly formatted and sorted,  ("world" goes to end)
+    assert snapshot_contents == """{
+    "hello": 123,
+    "world": 123
+}"""
+
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_check_jsonpath_ext_filter(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     check_json_ext_filter('json:$[?(@.status==Sold)]', client, live_server)

changedetectionio/tests/test_live_preview.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from flask import url_for
-from changedetectionio.tests.util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client
+from changedetectionio.tests.util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 
 
 def set_response():
@@ -75,5 +75,4 @@ def test_content_filter_live_preview(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert reply.get('ignore_line_numbers') == [2]  # Ignored - "socks" on line 2
     assert reply.get('trigger_line_numbers') == [1]  # Triggers "Awesome" in line 1
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_nonrenderable_pages.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 import time
 
 
@@ -113,6 +113,5 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality(client, live_server, measure
 
     #
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_obfuscations.py

@@ -24,12 +24,8 @@ def test_obfuscations(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     time.sleep(1)
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     time.sleep(3)

changedetectionio/tests/test_pdf.py

@@ -8,30 +8,30 @@ from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setu
 # `subtractive_selectors` should still work in `source:` type requests
 def test_fetch_pdf(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     import shutil
+    import os
+
     shutil.copy("tests/test.pdf", "test-datastore/endpoint-test.pdf")
+    first_version_size = os.path.getsize("test-datastore/endpoint-test.pdf")
 
-   #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
     test_url = url_for('test_pdf_endpoint', _external=True)
-    # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
-
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    res = client.get(
-        url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid="first"),
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
+    watch = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]
+    dates = list(watch.history.keys())
+    snapshot_contents = watch.get_history_snapshot(dates[0])
 
     # PDF header should not be there (it was converted to text)
-    assert b'PDF' not in res.data[:10]
-    assert b'hello world' in res.data
+    assert 'PDF' not in snapshot_contents
+    # Was converted away from HTML
+    assert 'pdftohtml' not in snapshot_contents.lower() # Generator tag shouldnt be there
+    assert f'Original file size - {first_version_size}' in snapshot_contents
+    assert 'html' not in snapshot_contents.lower() # is converted from html
+    assert 'body' not in snapshot_contents.lower()  # is converted from html
+    # And our text content was there
+    assert 'hello world' in snapshot_contents
 
     # So we know if the file changes in other ways
     import hashlib
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ def test_fetch_pdf(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # We should have one
     assert len(original_md5) >0
     # And it's going to be in the document
-    assert b'Document checksum - '+bytes(str(original_md5).encode('utf-8')) in res.data
-
+    assert f'Document checksum - {original_md5}' in snapshot_contents
 
     shutil.copy("tests/test2.pdf", "test-datastore/endpoint-test.pdf")
     changed_md5 = hashlib.md5(open("test-datastore/endpoint-test.pdf", 'rb').read()).hexdigest().upper()
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ def test_fetch_pdf(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert original_md5.encode('utf-8') not in res.data
     assert changed_md5.encode('utf-8') in res.data
 
-
     res = client.get(
         url_for("ui.ui_views.diff_history_page", uuid="first"),
         follow_redirects=True
@@ -71,6 +69,16 @@ def test_fetch_pdf(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     assert original_md5.encode('utf-8') in res.data
     assert changed_md5.encode('utf-8') in res.data
-
     assert b'here is a change' in res.data
+
+
+    dates = list(watch.history.keys())
+    # new snapshot was also OK, no HTML
+    snapshot_contents = watch.get_history_snapshot(dates[1])
+    assert 'html' not in snapshot_contents.lower()
+    assert f'Original file size - {os.path.getsize("test-datastore/endpoint-test.pdf")}' in snapshot_contents
+    assert f'here is a change' in snapshot_contents
+    assert os.path.getsize("test-datastore/endpoint-test.pdf") != first_version_size # And the disk change worked
+
+
     

changedetectionio/tests/test_preview_endpoints.py

@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@ def test_fetch_pdf(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
     test_url = url_for('test_pdf_endpoint', _external=True)
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_request.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from . util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client
+from . util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 
 
 
@@ -17,21 +17,13 @@ def test_headers_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         test_url = test_url.replace('localhost', 'changedet')
 
     # Add the test URL twice, we will check
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     cookie_header = '_ga=GA1.2.1022228332; cookie-preferences=analytics:accepted;'
@@ -82,8 +74,7 @@ def test_headers_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     for k, watch in client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').data.get('watching').items():
         assert 'custom' in watch.get('remote_server_reply') # added in util.py
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
@@ -93,12 +84,8 @@ def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         # Because its no longer calling back to localhost but from the browser container, set in test-only.yml
         test_url = test_url.replace('localhost', 'cdio')
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -150,12 +137,8 @@ def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     ####### data sanity checks
     # Add the test URL twice, we will check
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     watches_with_body = 0
     with open('test-datastore/url-watches.json') as f:
@@ -180,8 +163,7 @@ def test_body_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"Body must be empty when Request Method is set to GET" in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_method_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Add our URL to the import page
@@ -191,20 +173,12 @@ def test_method_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         test_url = test_url.replace('localhost', 'cdio')
 
     # Add the test URL twice, we will check
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -258,8 +232,7 @@ def test_method_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Should be only one with method set to PATCH
     assert watches_with_method == 1
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # Re #2408 - user-agent override test, also should handle case-insensitive header deduplication
 def test_ua_global_override(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -277,12 +250,8 @@ def test_ua_global_override(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     )
     assert b'Settings updated' in res.data
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(
@@ -315,8 +284,7 @@ def test_ua_global_override(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     )
     assert b"agent-from-watch" in res.data
     assert b"html-requests-user-agent" not in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_headers_textfile_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -356,12 +324,8 @@ def test_headers_textfile_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"requests-default_ua-html_requests" in res.data
 
     # Add the test URL twice, we will check
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -429,19 +393,14 @@ def test_headers_textfile_in_request(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         assert "User-Agent:".encode('utf-8') + requests_ua.encode('utf-8') in res.data
 
     # unlink headers.txt on start/stop
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
-def test_headers_validation(client, live_server):
+def test_headers_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
 
     test_url = url_for('test_headers', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),

changedetectionio/tests/test_restock_itemprop.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import time
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, wait_for_notification_endpoint_output, extract_UUID_from_client
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, wait_for_notification_endpoint_output, extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 from ..notification import default_notification_format
 
 instock_props = [
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ def set_original_response(props_markup='', price="121.95"):
 
 
 
-# def test_setup(client, live_server):
+# def test_setup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
 
-def test_restock_itemprop_basic(client, live_server):
+def test_restock_itemprop_basic(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     
 
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ def test_restock_itemprop_basic(client, live_server):
         assert b'has-restock-info' in res.data
         assert b' in-stock' in res.data
         assert b' not-in-stock' not in res.data
-        res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-        assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+        delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
     for p in out_of_stock_props:
@@ -85,10 +84,9 @@ def test_restock_itemprop_basic(client, live_server):
 
         assert b'has-restock-info not-in-stock' in res.data
 
-        res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-        assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+        delete_all_watches(client)
 
-def test_itemprop_price_change(client, live_server):
+def test_itemprop_price_change(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
 
     # Out of the box 'Follow price changes' should be ON
@@ -132,13 +130,11 @@ def test_itemprop_price_change(client, live_server):
     assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
 
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form):
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
 
@@ -212,11 +208,10 @@ def _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form):
     assert b'1,890.45' in res.data or b'1890.45' in res.data
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
-def test_restock_itemprop_minmax(client, live_server):
+def test_restock_itemprop_minmax(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
     extras = {
         "restock_settings-follow_price_changes": "y",
@@ -225,7 +220,7 @@ def test_restock_itemprop_minmax(client, live_server):
     }
     _run_test_minmax_limit(client, extra_watch_edit_form=extras)
 
-def test_restock_itemprop_with_tag(client, live_server):
+def test_restock_itemprop_with_tag(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -254,11 +249,10 @@ def test_restock_itemprop_with_tag(client, live_server):
 
 
 
-def test_itemprop_percent_threshold(client, live_server):
+def test_itemprop_percent_threshold(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
 
@@ -317,12 +311,11 @@ def test_itemprop_percent_threshold(client, live_server):
 
 
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 
-def test_change_with_notification_values(client, live_server):
+def test_change_with_notification_values(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
 
     if os.path.isfile("test-datastore/notification.txt"):
@@ -390,11 +383,10 @@ def test_change_with_notification_values(client, live_server):
     assert os.path.isfile("test-datastore/notification.txt"), "Notification received"
 
 
-def test_data_sanity(client, live_server):
+def test_data_sanity(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
     test_url2 = url_for('test_endpoint2', _external=True)
@@ -421,8 +413,7 @@ def test_data_sanity(client, live_server):
     assert str(res.data.decode()).count("950.95") == 1, "Price should only show once (for the watch added, no other watches yet)"
 
     ## different test, check the edit page works on an empty request result
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_views.form_quick_watch_add"),
@@ -435,11 +426,10 @@ def test_data_sanity(client, live_server):
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"))
     assert test_url2.encode('utf-8') in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 # All examples should give a prive of 666.66
-def test_special_prop_examples(client, live_server):
+def test_special_prop_examples(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     import glob
     
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_rss.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import time
 from flask import url_for
 from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_rss_token_from_UI, \
-    extract_UUID_from_client
+    extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 
 
 def set_original_cdata_xml():
@@ -110,17 +110,13 @@ def test_basic_cdata_rss_markup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
 
     set_original_cdata_xml()
-
-    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="application/atom+xml; charset=UTF-8", _external=True)
+    # Rarely do endpoints give the right header, usually just text/xml, so we check also for <rss
+    # This also triggers the automatic CDATA text parser so the RSS goes back a nice content list
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="text/xml; charset=UTF-8", _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
@@ -132,7 +128,7 @@ def test_basic_cdata_rss_markup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b'<![' not in res.data
     assert b'Hackers can access your computer' in res.data
     assert b'The days of Terminator' in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_rss_xpath_filtering(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -180,10 +176,10 @@ def test_rss_xpath_filtering(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b'The days of Terminator' not in res.data # Should NOT be selected by the xpath
     assert b'Some other description' not in res.data  # Should NOT be selected by the xpath
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
-def test_rss_bad_chars_breaking(client, live_server):
+def test_rss_bad_chars_breaking(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """This should absolutely trigger the RSS builder to go into worst state mode
 
     - source: prefix means no html conversion (which kinda filters out the bad stuff)

changedetectionio/tests/test_rss_reader_mode.py

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import time
+from flask import url_for
+from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_rss_token_from_UI, \
+    extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
+
+
+def set_original_cdata_xml():
+    test_return_data = """<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<channel>
+<title>Security Bulletins on wetscale</title>
+<link>https://wetscale.com/security-bulletins/</link>
+<description>Recent security bulletins from wetscale</description>
+<lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:58:11 GMT</lastBuildDate>
+<docs>https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html</docs>
+<generator>wetscale.com</generator>
+<language>en-US</language>
+<copyright>© 2025 wetscale Inc. All rights reserved.</copyright>
+<atom:link href="https://wetscale.com/security-bulletins/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
+<item>
+<title>TS-2025-005</title>
+<link>https://wetscale.com/security-bulletins/#ts-2025-005</link>
+<guid>https://wetscale.com/security-bulletins/#ts-2025-005</guid>
+<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
+<description><p>Wet noodles escape<br><p>they also found themselves outside</p> </description>
+</item>
+
+
+<item>
+<title>TS-2025-004</title>
+<link>https://wetscale.com/security-bulletins/#ts-2025-004</link>
+<guid>https://wetscale.com/security-bulletins/#ts-2025-004</guid>
+<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
+<description>
+    <![CDATA[ <img class="type:primaryImage" src="https://testsite.com/701c981da04869e.jpg"/><p>The days of Terminator and The Matrix could be closer. But be positive.</p><p><a href="https://testsite.com">Read more link...</a></p> ]]>
+</description>
+</item>
+    </channel>
+    </rss>
+            """
+
+    with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write(test_return_data)
+
+
+
+def test_rss_reader_mode(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    set_original_cdata_xml()
+
+    # Rarely do endpoints give the right header, usually just text/xml, so we check also for <rss
+    # This also triggers the automatic CDATA text parser so the RSS goes back a nice content list
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="text/xml; charset=UTF-8", _external=True)
+    live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application']['rss_reader_mode'] = True
+
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+
+
+    watch = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]
+    dates = list(watch.history.keys())
+    snapshot_contents = watch.get_history_snapshot(dates[0])
+    assert 'Wet noodles escape' in snapshot_contents
+    assert '<br>' not in snapshot_contents
+    assert '&lt;' not in snapshot_contents
+    assert 'The days of Terminator and The Matrix' in snapshot_contents
+    assert 'PubDate: Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT' in snapshot_contents
+    delete_all_watches(client)
+
+def test_rss_reader_mode_with_css_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
+    set_original_cdata_xml()
+
+    # Rarely do endpoints give the right header, usually just text/xml, so we check also for <rss
+    # This also triggers the automatic CDATA text parser so the RSS goes back a nice content list
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', content_type="text/xml; charset=UTF-8", _external=True)
+    live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['settings']['application']['rss_reader_mode'] = True
+
+
+    # Add our URL to the import page
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url, extras={'include_filters': [".last"]})
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
+
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+
+
+    watch = live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]
+    dates = list(watch.history.keys())
+    snapshot_contents = watch.get_history_snapshot(dates[0])
+    assert 'Wet noodles escape' not in snapshot_contents
+    assert '<br>' not in snapshot_contents
+    assert '&lt;' not in snapshot_contents
+    assert 'The days of Terminator and The Matrix' in snapshot_contents
+    delete_all_watches(client)
+

changedetectionio/tests/test_scheduler.py

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ from copy import copy
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import  live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client
+from .util import  live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, extract_UUID_from_client, delete_all_watches
 from ..forms import REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT, REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT
 
 
-# def test_setup(client, live_server):
+# def test_setup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
 
 def test_check_basic_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -34,13 +34,8 @@ def test_check_basic_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory
     res = client.get(url_for("settings.settings_page"))
     assert b'Pacific/Kiritimati' in res.data
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))
 
@@ -92,8 +87,7 @@ def test_check_basic_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory
     assert live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]['last_checked'] != last_check
 
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_check_basic_global_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -101,13 +95,8 @@ def test_check_basic_global_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     days = ['monday', 'tuesday', 'wednesday', 'thursday', 'friday', 'saturday', 'sunday']
     test_url = url_for('test_random_content_endpoint', _external=True)
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     uuid = next(iter(live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching']))
 
@@ -180,18 +169,13 @@ def test_check_basic_global_scheduler_functionality(client, live_server, measure
     assert live_server.app.config['DATASTORE'].data['watching'][uuid]['last_checked'] != last_check
 
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_validation_time_interval_field(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
 
     res = client.post(

changedetectionio/tests/test_security.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 from .. import strtobool
 
 
@@ -100,8 +100,7 @@ def _runner_test_various_file_slash(client, file_uri):
             # This will give some error from requests or if it went to chrome, will give some other error :-)
             assert any(s in res.data for s in substrings)
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_file_slash_access(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     

changedetectionio/tests/test_share_watch.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import time
 from flask import url_for
 from urllib.request import urlopen
-from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup
+from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, delete_all_watches
 import re
 
 sleep_time_for_fetch_thread = 3
@@ -17,13 +17,8 @@ def test_share_watch(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     include_filters = ".nice-filter"
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Goto the edit page, add our ignore text
     # Add our URL to the import page
@@ -54,8 +49,7 @@ def test_share_watch(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Now delete what we have, we will try to re-import it
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     res = client.post(

changedetectionio/tests/test_source.py

@@ -13,13 +13,8 @@ def test_check_basic_change_detection_functionality_source(client, live_server,
     set_original_response()
     test_url = 'source:'+url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
 
@@ -62,13 +57,8 @@ def test_check_ignore_elements(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     time.sleep(1)
     test_url = 'source:'+url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_trigger.py

@@ -65,12 +65,8 @@ def test_trigger_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Trigger a check
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)

changedetectionio/tests/test_trigger_regex.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 
 def set_original_ignore_response():
@@ -30,12 +30,8 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -76,5 +72,4 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_trigger_regex_with_filter.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from . util import live_server_setup
+from . util import live_server_setup, delete_all_watches
 
 
 def set_original_ignore_response():
@@ -34,12 +34,8 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality_with_filter(client, live_server, measure_me
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # it needs time to save the original version
     time.sleep(sleep_time_for_fetch_thread)
@@ -81,5 +77,4 @@ def test_trigger_regex_functionality_with_filter(client, live_server, measure_me
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
 
 # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_ui.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import set_original_response, set_modified_response, live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 from ..forms import REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT, REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT
 
 
-def test_recheck_time_field_validation_global_settings(client, live_server):
+def test_recheck_time_field_validation_global_settings(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """
     Tests that the global settings time field has atleast one value for week/day/hours/minute/seconds etc entered
     class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_recheck_time_field_validation_global_settings(client, live_server):
     assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_MESSAGE_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') in res.data
 
 
-def test_recheck_time_field_validation_single_watch(client, live_server):
+def test_recheck_time_field_validation_single_watch(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """
     Tests that the global settings time field has atleast one value for week/day/hours/minute/seconds etc entered
     class globalSettingsRequestForm(Form):
@@ -36,13 +36,8 @@ def test_recheck_time_field_validation_single_watch(client, live_server):
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
@@ -100,7 +95,7 @@ def test_recheck_time_field_validation_single_watch(client, live_server):
     assert b"Updated watch." in res.data
     assert REQUIRE_ATLEAST_ONE_TIME_PART_WHEN_NOT_GLOBAL_DEFAULT.encode('utf-8') not in res.data
 
-def test_checkbox_open_diff_in_new_tab(client, live_server):
+def test_checkbox_open_diff_in_new_tab(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
     set_original_response()
     # Add our URL to the import page
@@ -171,10 +166,9 @@ def test_checkbox_open_diff_in_new_tab(client, live_server):
     assert 'target=' not in target_line
 
     # Cleanup everything
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
-def test_page_title_listing_behaviour(client, live_server):
+def test_page_title_listing_behaviour(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     set_original_response(extra_title="custom html")
 
@@ -249,7 +243,7 @@ def test_page_title_listing_behaviour(client, live_server):
     assert b"head titlecustom html" in res.data
 
 
-def test_ui_viewed_unread_flag(client, live_server):
+def test_ui_viewed_unread_flag(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     import time
 

changedetectionio/tests/test_unique_lines.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import time
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 
 
 def set_original_ignore_response():
@@ -79,12 +79,8 @@ def test_unique_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
@@ -118,8 +114,7 @@ def test_unique_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'has-unread-changes' in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_sort_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -128,12 +123,8 @@ def test_sort_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
@@ -168,8 +159,7 @@ def test_sort_lines_functionality(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert res.data.find(b'A uppercase') < res.data.find(b'Z last')
     assert res.data.find(b'Some initial text') < res.data.find(b'Which is across multiple lines')
     
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_extra_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -179,12 +169,8 @@ def test_extra_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
@@ -216,5 +202,4 @@ def test_extra_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # still should remain unsorted ('A - sortable line') stays at the end
     assert res.data.find(b'A - sortable line') > res.data.find(b'Which is across multiple lines')
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)

changedetectionio/tests/test_watch_fields_storage.py

@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@ def test_check_watch_field_storage(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     test_url = "http://somerandomsitewewatch.com"
 
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
 
     res = client.post(

changedetectionio/tests/test_xpath_selector.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 
 from flask import url_for
-from .util import  wait_for_all_checks
+from .util import  wait_for_all_checks, delete_all_watches
 from ..processors.magic import RSS_XML_CONTENT_TYPES
 
 
@@ -113,12 +113,8 @@ def test_check_xpath_filter_utf8(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True, content_type="application/rss+xml;charset=UTF-8")
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
@@ -129,8 +125,7 @@ def test_check_xpath_filter_utf8(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'Unicode strings with encoding declaration are not supported.' not in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 # Handle utf-8 charset replies https://github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io/pull/613
@@ -167,12 +162,8 @@ def test_check_xpath_text_function_utf8(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True, content_type="application/rss+xml;charset=UTF-8")
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     res = client.post(
         url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
@@ -193,8 +184,7 @@ def test_check_xpath_text_function_utf8(client, live_server, measure_memory_usag
     assert b'Stock Alert (UK): RPi CM4' in res.data
     assert b'Stock Alert (UK): Big monitor' in res.data
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_check_markup_xpath_filter_restriction(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
@@ -204,12 +194,8 @@ def test_check_markup_xpath_filter_restriction(client, live_server, measure_memo
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
 
     # Give the thread time to pick it up
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
@@ -239,19 +225,14 @@ def test_check_markup_xpath_filter_restriction(client, live_server, measure_memo
 
     res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
     assert b'has-unread-changes' not in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_xpath_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -260,19 +241,14 @@ def test_xpath_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"is not a valid XPath expression" in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_xpath23_prefix_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -281,8 +257,7 @@ def test_xpath23_prefix_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"is not a valid XPath expression" in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 def test_xpath1_lxml(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     
@@ -317,12 +292,8 @@ def test_xpath1_lxml(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -351,12 +322,8 @@ def test_xpath1_lxml(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 def test_xpath1_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -365,25 +332,19 @@ def test_xpath1_validation(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         follow_redirects=True
     )
     assert b"is not a valid XPath expression" in res.data
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 # actually only really used by the distll.io importer, but could be handy too
 def test_check_with_prefix_include_filters(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
     set_original_response()
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -428,12 +389,8 @@ def test_various_rules(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     """)
 
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     for r in ['//div', '//a', 'xpath://div', 'xpath://a']:
@@ -452,18 +409,13 @@ def test_various_rules(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
         res = client.get(url_for("watchlist.index"))
         assert b'fetch-error' not in res.data, f"Should not see errors after '{r} filter"
 
-    res = client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
-    assert b'Deleted' in res.data
+    delete_all_watches(client)
 
 
 def test_xpath_20(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     set_original_response()
@@ -499,12 +451,8 @@ def test_xpath_20_function_count(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -536,12 +484,8 @@ def test_xpath_20_function_count2(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
@@ -573,16 +517,12 @@ def test_xpath_20_function_string_join_matches(client, live_server, measure_memo
 
     # Add our URL to the import page
     test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
-    res = client.post(
-        url_for("imports.import_page"),
-        data={"urls": test_url},
-        follow_redirects=True
-    )
-    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+    uuid = client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').add_watch(url=test_url)
+    client.get(url_for("ui.form_watch_checknow"), follow_redirects=True)
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.post(
-        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid="first"),
+        url_for("ui.ui_edit.edit_page", uuid=uuid),
         data={
             "include_filters": "xpath:string-join(//*[contains(@class, 'sametext')]|//*[matches(@class, 'changetext')], 'specialconjunction')",
             "url": test_url,
@@ -597,7 +537,7 @@ def test_xpath_20_function_string_join_matches(client, live_server, measure_memo
     wait_for_all_checks(client)
 
     res = client.get(
-        url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid="first"),
+        url_for("ui.ui_views.preview_page", uuid=uuid),
         follow_redirects=True
     )
 
@@ -644,7 +584,7 @@ def _subtest_xpath_rss(client, content_type='text/html'):
     client.get(url_for("ui.form_delete", uuid="all"), follow_redirects=True)
 
 # Be sure all-in-the-wild types of RSS feeds work with xpath
-def test_rss_xpath(client, live_server):
+def test_rss_xpath(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     for feed_header in ['', '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>']:
         set_rss_atom_feed_response(header=feed_header)
         for content_type in RSS_XML_CONTENT_TYPES:

changedetectionio/tests/util.py

@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ def extract_UUID_from_client(client):
     uuid = m.group(1)
     return uuid.strip()
 
+def delete_all_watches(client=None):
+    uuids = list(client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').data['watching'])
+    for uuid in uuids:
+        client.application.config.get('DATASTORE').delete(uuid)
+
 
 def wait_for_all_checks(client=None):
     """
@@ -135,8 +140,6 @@ def wait_for_all_checks(client=None):
     """
     from changedetectionio.flask_app import update_q as global_update_q
     from changedetectionio import worker_handler
-
-    logger = logging.getLogger()
     empty_since = None
     attempt = 0
     max_attempts = 150  # Still reasonable upper bound
@@ -144,9 +147,9 @@ def wait_for_all_checks(client=None):
     while attempt < max_attempts:
         # Start with fast checks, slow down if needed
         if attempt < 10:
-            time.sleep(0.1)  # Very fast initial checks
+            time.sleep(0.2)  # Very fast initial checks
         elif attempt < 30:
-            time.sleep(0.3)  # Medium speed
+            time.sleep(0.4)  # Medium speed
         else:
             time.sleep(0.8)  # Slower for persistent issues
 
@@ -322,4 +325,3 @@ def new_live_server_setup(live_server):
         return resp
 
     live_server.start()
-

changedetectionio/tests/visualselector/test_fetch_data.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 from flask import url_for
 from ..util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
 
-# def test_setup(client, live_server):
+# def test_setup(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
    #  live_server_setup(live_server) # Setup on conftest per function
 
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def test_basic_browserstep(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
     assert b"testheader: yes" in res.data
     assert b"user-agent: mycustomagent" in res.data
 
-def test_non_200_errors_report_browsersteps(client, live_server):
+def test_non_200_errors_report_browsersteps(client, live_server, measure_memory_usage):
 
 
     four_o_four_url =  url_for('test_endpoint', status_code=404, _external=True)

requirements.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # eventlet>=0.38.0  # Removed - replaced with threading mode for better Python 3.12+ compatibility
 feedgen~=0.9
+feedparser~=6.0  # For parsing RSS/Atom feeds
 flask-compress
 # 0.6.3 included compatibility fix for werkzeug 3.x (2.x had deprecation of url handlers)
 flask-login>=0.6.3
@@ -124,8 +125,9 @@ price-parser
 
 # flask_socket_io - incorrect package name, already have flask-socketio above
 
-# So far for detecting correct favicon type, but for other things in the future
-python-magic
+# Lightweight MIME type detection (saves ~14MB memory vs python-magic/libmagic)
+# Used for detecting correct favicon type and content-type detection
+puremagic
 
 # Scheduler - Windows seemed to miss a lot of default timezone info (even "UTC" !)
 tzdata