[Website Update Checker] Detect any change in website

website_update_checker.py

from time import sleep

import playsound
import requests

old = b""
filestring = "old_data_request.txt"


def getRequest():
    url = 'http://www.google.com/' #Make sure changing this html file get some update
    r = requests.get(url)
    return r


def playAlert():
    print("Ring")
    playsound.playsound("./alarmsound.mp3", True)
    pass


def readbyte(fileloc: str):
    in_file = open(fileloc, "rb")  # opening for [r]eading as [b]inary
    data = in_file.read()  # if you only wanted to read 512 bytes, do .read(512)
    in_file.close()
    return data


playAlert()
istherechange = False

from pathlib import Path

my_file = Path(filestring)
if my_file.is_file():
    old = readbyte(filestring)
else:
    try:
        print("Requesting for fresh....")
        req = getRequest()
        if (req.status_code == 200):
            with open(filestring, 'wb') as the_file:
                the_file.write(req.content)
                the_file.close()
            old = readbyte(filestring)

        else:
            print("Error 101")
            exit()
    except :
        willcheck = False
        print("Error 102")
        exit()

while (True):
    willcheck = False
    newtext = b""
    if len(old) == 0:
        print("old is empty!!!")
        exit()
    else:
        try:
            newreq =  getRequest()
            if newreq.status_code == 200:
                willcheck = True
                newtext = newreq.content
            else:
                willcheck = False
                print("Error 103")
        except:
            willcheck = False
            print("Error 104")
    if willcheck:
        if old == newtext:
            print("No Update")
            print("Old:-->" + str(len(old)))
            print("New:-->" + str(len(newtext)))

        else:
            print("Some new update")
            istherechange = True
    if (istherechange):
        break
    sleep(10)

while True:
    playAlert()
    print("Some new update")