Check a web page on a schedule, and keep a log
Want a price, a stock level, a player count or a status written down every hour, without visiting the page yourself? Record the check once, put it on the Schedule tab, and EasyAgent builds the log for you.
FREE · NO SERVER · RUNS IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE YOU WORK
Runs quietly in the background. Each scheduled run opens its page in a separate window that doesn’t take focus from what you’re doing, reads what it needs and closes it again.
Set up a scheduled check
Four steps
- 1
Record the check. Open the page, start recording, then use Extract on each value you want to keep, such as the price, the count or the status text.
- 2
Save it as a macro. Open Macros and save it under a name, e.g. “Price watch”.
- 3
Pick an interval. On the Schedule tab choose the macro and how often: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1, 2, 6 or 24 hours, or your own number of minutes. Press Start.
- 4
Open the log any time. The Schedule tab shows every run with the time, pass or fail and the values it read. The same log is kept as one CSV in your Downloads folder, named after the macro.
What people keep an eye on
Prices
Log a product’s price every few hours and chart it in Excel later.
Stock and availability
Record when “Out of stock” turns into “In stock”.
Counts and totals
Players online, open tickets, orders today, queue length.
Is it still working?
A macro with no Extract steps still logs pass or fail, so it doubles as a check that a form or login page still works.
Whole tables
Add an Extract Table step to log every row of a leaderboard or report on each run.
Values behind a login
It runs in your own browser, so internal dashboards and admin pages work too.
Choose how the CSV looks
Ways to check a page regularly
| EasyAgent | Checking by hand | Page-change alert service | Script on a server | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logs the actual value | Yes, to a CSV | If you write it down | Usually just “changed” | Yes |
| Pages behind a login | Yes, your session | Yes | Rarely | Hard |
| Clicks before reading | Yes, recorded | Yes | Rarely | If you code it |
| Runs with your computer off | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cost | Free | Your time | Often paid for frequent checks | Hosting |
Good to know: EasyAgent runs inside your browser, so Chrome or Firefox needs to be open for a scheduled run to fire. One schedule runs at a time, and it logs values rather than sending alerts.
Common questions
How do I check a website automatically every hour?
Does my computer need to stay on?
Where are the results saved?
Can it alert me when the value changes?
Can I schedule more than one check?
Is anything sent to a server?
More use cases and guides
Record the check once. Let it run.
Free for Chrome and Firefox. Nothing leaves your computer.