http url monitor plugin

[eadmaster]

is there a plugin to monitor an http remote url for changes?
e.g.: the page has been updated since yesterday, etc.

[Pako]

Why create a plugin for such a simple task?
It can handle a simple script:

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Here's a copy:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<EventGhost Version="1640">
    <Folder Name="URLchange watching" Expanded="True">
        <Macro Name="Python Script START watching" Expanded="True">
            <Event Name="Main.OnInit" />
            <Action>
                EventGhost.PythonScript(u'url = r"http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V2_2/"\nperiod = 60 #60 seconds polling period\nimport urllib\n\ndef getPage(u):\n    return urllib.urlopen(u).read().decode(\'utf8\')    \n\ndef watchPage():\n    if eg.globals.watchFlag:\n        eg.scheduler.AddTask(period, watchPage)\n        page = getPage(url)\n        if eg.globals.watchedPage != page:\n            eg.globals.watchedPage = page\n            eg.TriggerEvent("PageChanged", prefix = "URL", payload = url)\n    else:\n        eg.PrintNotice("Watch page task canceled")\n\n\nif not "watchFlag" in eg.globals.__dict__ or eg.globals.watchFlag == False:\n    eg.globals.watchedPage = getPage(url)\n    eg.globals.watchFlag = True\n\nwatchPage()\n        \n')
            </Action>
        </Macro>
        <Macro Name="Python Script STOP watching" Expanded="True">
            <Action>
                EventGhost.PythonScript(u'if "watchFlag" in  eg.globals.__dict__:\n    eg.globals.watchFlag = False\n')
            </Action>
        </Macro>
    </Folder>
</EventGhost>

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Pako