How to Install Kibitz on Windows 11

Kibitzr is a powerful personal assistant which enables you to monitor the web pages for changes, extract information using custom scripts, and send notifications when changes occur. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps of installing Kibitzr on Windows 11 using the command line.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Python 3.x
• pip

Step 1 - Open Command Prompt

Open Command Prompt by searching for "Command Prompt" in the Start menu or by pressing Windows key + R, typing "cmd", and pressing Enter.

Step 2 - Install Kibitzr

To install Kibitzr, run the following command in Command Prompt:

pip install kibitzr

Wait for the installation to complete. It may take a few minutes depending on your internet speed and the number of dependencies needed to be installed.

Step 3 - Verify Installation

To verify that Kibitzr has been installed successfully, run the following command:

kibitzr -v

This will display the version of Kibitzr installed on your system.

Step 4 - Create a Kibitzr Configuration File

Next, you need to create a configuration file for Kibitzr. To do this, open Notepad or any other text editor, and create a new file named "config.yml". You can save this file anywhere on your system.

Add the following code to the "config.yml" file:

tasks:
  - name: "Example Task"
    url: "https://www.example.com/"
    actions:
      - name: "Print page title"
        extract: "title"
        notify:
          subject: "Page title updated"
          message: "Page title updated to {{title}}"
        schedule: "*/5 * * * *"

This configuration file defines a simple task that Kibitzr will perform. In this task, Kibitzr will visit the website "https://www.example.com/" every 5 minutes, extract the title of the page, and send a notification if the page title has been updated.

Step 5 - Run Kibitzr

To run Kibitzr with the configuration file, run the following command in Command Prompt:

kibitzr start --config /path/to/config.yml

Replace "/path/to/config.yml" with the actual path to the "config.yml" file on your system.

Kibitzr will start running in the background and will monitor the website specified in the configuration file. If there are any changes, Kibitzr will trigger the actions specified in the configuration file.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kibitzr on Windows 11 and created a simple task to monitor a website. You can create more tasks by adding them to the "config.yml" file, and Kibitzr will perform them according to the schedule specified in the configuration file.