Creating a program to send me tracking updates

[IgorM]

I want to create a simple program, or chrome extension, to send me updates, via browser or email, from a tracking website. Here it is an example page https://www.totalexpress.com.br/poupup_track.php?reid=648&pedido=0013112615&nfiscal=2036193 , my idea is to send me a notification when a new status appears. 

[mrzoltowski]

11 minutes ago, IgorM said:

I want to create a simple program, or chrome extension, to send me updates, via browser or email, from a tracking website. Here it is an example page https://www.totalexpress.com.br/poupup_track.php?reid=648&pedido=0013112615&nfiscal=2036193 , my idea is to send me a notification when a new status appears. 

Like this? https://www.parcelmonitor.com/ or 

 

https://www.aftership.com/ (it's paid but there is a free tier)

[mrzoltowski]

Just now, mrzoltowski said:

Like this? https://www.parcelmonitor.com/ or 

 

https://www.aftership.com/ (it's paid but there is a free tier) they also have API you could hook up to to make you program easier to make.

 

[IgorM]

3 minutes ago, mrzoltowski said:

Like this? https://www.parcelmonitor.com/ or 

 

https://www.aftership.com/ (it's paid but there is a free tier)

This carrier doesn't offer an specific tracking number, so believe it's only via their website. Also I want to create an web program, a thing that I've never done.

[PolarZ]

I would recommend you look into a Python script. You could provide the script with the URL of the tracking site and have it parse the information at regular intervals. 

If it detects a change, it would notify you in some way.

 

I normally wouldn't recommend python, but for this you could have a script up and running in 30 mins.

 

Goodluck with your project