used a drop down menu and rewrote checking code to fit GUI description

changedetectionio/fetch_site_status.py

@@ -278,23 +278,18 @@ class perform_site_check():
                     logging.debug("check_unique_lines: UUID {} had unique content".format(uuid))
 
         if changed_detected:
-            diff_filters = {
+            if watch.get("trigger_type", "all") != "all": # if we are supposed to filter any diff types
-                "add": watch.get('trigger_on_add', True),
-                "del": watch.get('trigger_on_del', True),
-            }
-
-            if False in diff_filters.values(): # if we are supposed to filter any diff types
-                print("Diff Filters Active: " + str(diff_filters))
-
                 # get the diff types present in the watch
                 diff_types = watch.get_diff_types(text_content_before_ignored_filter)
                 print("Diff components found: " + str(diff_types))
 
-                # for each diff type, if the filter setting is false, and the diff type is present, then set the changed_detected to false
+                # Only Additions
-                for diff_type in diff_types:
+                if watch["trigger_type"] == "add" and not diff_types["add"] and diff_types["del"]:
-                    if not diff_filters[diff_type] and diff_types[diff_type]:
+                    changed_detected = False
-                        changed_detected = False
+
-                        break # we only need to check one diff type
+                # Only Deletions
+                elif watch["trigger_type"] == "delete" and not diff_types["del"] and diff_types["add"]:
+                    changed_detected = False
 
         # Always record the new checksum and the new text
         update_obj["previous_md5"] = fetched_md5

changedetectionio/forms.py

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from wtforms import (
     PasswordField,
     RadioField,
     SelectField,
-    SelectMultipleField,
     StringField,
     SubmitField,
     TextAreaField,
@@ -344,8 +343,7 @@ class watchForm(commonSettingsForm):
     check_unique_lines = BooleanField('Only trigger when new lines appear', default=False)
     trigger_text = StringListField('Trigger/wait for text', [validators.Optional(), ValidateListRegex()])
     text_should_not_be_present = StringListField('Block change-detection if text matches', [validators.Optional(), ValidateListRegex()])
-    trigger_on_add = BooleanField('Additions', default=True)
+    trigger_type = SelectField(u'Trigger On', choices=[("all", "Any Changes"), ("add", "Only Additions"), ("delete", "Only Deletions")], coerce=str, default="add")
-    trigger_on_del = BooleanField('Deletions', default=True)
 
     webdriver_js_execute_code = TextAreaField('Execute JavaScript before change detection', render_kw={"rows": "5"}, validators=[validators.Optional()])
 

changedetectionio/model/Watch.py

@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ class model(dict):
             'fetch_backend': None,
             'extract_title_as_title': False,
             'check_unique_lines': False, # On change-detected, compare against all history if its something new
-            'trigger_on_add': True, # Allow a trigger if there are additions from the last snapshot
+            'trigger_type': "all",
-            'trigger_on_del': True, # Allow a trigger if there are deletions from the last snapshot
             'proxy': None, # Preferred proxy connection
             # Re #110, so then if this is set to None, we know to use the default value instead
             # Requires setting to None on submit if it's the same as the default

changedetectionio/templates/edit.html

@@ -157,13 +157,11 @@ User-Agent: wonderbra 1.0") }}
                         </div>
                     </fieldset>
                     <fieldset>
-                        <div class="pure-control-group">
+                        <div class="pure-control-group" id="request-method">
-                            <label for="trigger-type">Trigger On</label>
+                            {{ render_field(form.trigger_type) }}
-                            {{ render_checkbox_field(form.trigger_on_add, class="trigger-type") }}
-                            {{ render_checkbox_field(form.trigger_on_del, class="trigger-type") }}
                             <span class="pure-form-message-inline">
                                 This filter only compares to the previous snapshot. This is different from the "Only trigger when new lines appear" setting which checks all previous snapshots.
-                                This is good for filtering out notifications for only content being removed.
+                                This is good for filtering out notifications that only are showing deleted content. (i.e A notice being removed from a website)
                             </span>
                         </div>
                     </fieldset>