diffgrab

from diffgrab import DiffTracker

tracker = DiffTracker()
await tracker.track("https://example.com")
changes = await tracker.check()
for c in changes:
    if c.changed:
        print(c.summary)     # "3 lines added, 1 lines removed in sections: Introduction."
        print(c.unified_diff) # Standard unified diff output
await tracker.close()

flowchart TD
    A["diffgrab track URL"] --> B["Fetch initial snapshot\n(markgrab + snapgrab)"]
    B --> C["Store baseline"]
    C --> D["diffgrab check"]
    D --> E["Fetch current page"]
    E --> F{"Content\nhash match?"}
    F -->|"changed"| G["Compute structured diff\n+ section analysis"]
    F -->|"unchanged"| H["No changes"]
    G --> I["📊 DiffResult\nadded / removed / modified"]

pip install diffgrab

pip install 'diffgrab[cli]'      # CLI with click + rich
pip install 'diffgrab[visual]'   # Visual diff with snapgrab
pip install 'diffgrab[mcp]'      # MCP server with fastmcp
pip install 'diffgrab[all]'      # Everything

import asyncio
from diffgrab import DiffTracker

async def main():
    tracker = DiffTracker()

    # Track a URL (takes initial snapshot)
    await tracker.track("https://example.com", interval_hours=12)

    # Check for changes
    changes = await tracker.check()
    for change in changes:
        if change.changed:
            print(change.summary)
            print(change.unified_diff)

    # Get diff between specific snapshots
    result = await tracker.diff("https://example.com", before_id=1, after_id=2)

    # Browse snapshot history
    history = await tracker.history("https://example.com", count=20)

    # Stop tracking
    await tracker.untrack("https://example.com")

    await tracker.close()

asyncio.run(main())

from diffgrab import track, check, diff, history, untrack

await track("https://example.com")
changes = await check()
result = await diff("https://example.com")
snaps = await history("https://example.com")
await untrack("https://example.com")

# Track a URL
diffgrab track https://example.com --interval 12

# Check all tracked URLs for changes
diffgrab check

# Check a specific URL
diffgrab check https://example.com

# Show diff between snapshots
diffgrab diff https://example.com
diffgrab diff https://example.com --before 1 --after 3

# View snapshot history
diffgrab history https://example.com --count 20

# Stop tracking
diffgrab untrack https://example.com

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "diffgrab": {
      "command": "diffgrab-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "diffgrab": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "diffgrab[mcp]", "diffgrab-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

@dataclass
class DiffResult:
    url: str                           # The tracked URL
    changed: bool                      # Whether content changed
    added_lines: int                   # Lines added
    removed_lines: int                 # Lines removed
    changed_sections: list[str]        # Markdown headings with changes
    unified_diff: str                  # Standard unified diff
    summary: str                       # Human-readable summary
    before_snapshot_id: int | None     # DB ID of older snapshot
    after_snapshot_id: int | None      # DB ID of newer snapshot
    before_timestamp: str              # When older snapshot was taken
    after_timestamp: str               # When newer snapshot was taken

tracker = DiffTracker(db_path="/path/to/custom.db")