How do I get notified when my scraper finishes?

Long scrapes are exactly the thing you shouldn't babysit. Instead of refreshing a terminal, add a single line that pings your phone when the job is done — and, if it crashes, when it fails. Because your Lert link is the credential, there's no client library to install and no key to load from the environment; you just POST to a URL.

The entire setup — under 30 seconds

1. Download the app. Open it once. There's no account to create, and your private link is waiting on screen.
2. Copy your link. One tap copies something like https://lert.dev/p/your-id.
3. Add the POST. Put requests.post after your scrape loop, and optionally in an except block so failures ping too.

Then your phone buzzes — instantly, even locked in your pocket.

The Python

import requests

LERT = "https://lert.dev/p/your-id"

def notify(title, body):
    requests.post(LERT, json={"title": title, "body": body, "tag": "scraper"})

try:
    rows = run_scraper()        # your existing code
    notify("Scrape done", f"Saved {len(rows)} rows")
except Exception as e:
    notify("Scrape failed", str(e))
    raise

The try/except means you hear about a clean finish and a crash, with the row count or the error right in the notification. No headers to set beyond the JSON body, and nothing to authenticate.

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It's free for one channel and 50 notifications a day; Lert Pro is $2.99/month for unlimited. See the docs for the full API, or the answers index for more recipes.