W3C Watcher

W3C Watcher is a lightweight background pixel-monitoring utility for Windows.
It checks for the color of the W3Champions match button and sends a discord notification when it detects change from in-queue to not-in-queue.

Currently supports Windows only.

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Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/Cubiss/w3cwatcher.git

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Usage

GUI / Tray Mode

Run normally to start the tray watcher:

w3cwatcher --tray

Right-click the tray icon to configure:

• Start - starts monitoring (Icon turns green if successful)
• Stop - stops monitoring
• Tools/Check - opens image showing what W3CWatcher sees
• Tools/Log - tails log file
• Tools/Settings - opens settings file

Icon color:

• Green - Ready
• Red - In Queue
• Grey - Disabled

Setup a Discord webhook

1. Open Discord
2. Go to the server and select the channel
3. Click the channel name → Integrations
   • (Alternate) Right‑click channel → Edit Channel → Integrations
4. Click Webhooks
5. Click New Webhook
6. Name it and pick the channel
7. Click Copy Webhook URL. This is your webhook_url.
8. Run w3cwatcher --settings or click Tools/Settings in Tray context menu to open the config file
9. Add or update the Discord section:

[notifications.discord]
enabled = true
webhook_url = "https://discord.com/api/webhooks/.../..."

Setup a Telegram Bot

1. Open Telegram
2. Search for @BotFather and start a chat
3. Create a new bot by sending: /newbot
4. Choose a name and a username (the username must end with bot, e.g. w3cwatcher_notifier_bot)
5. BotFather will reply with your Bot Token (123456789:ABCdefGhIjkLmNoPQRstuVWxyZ, your bot_token) and a link to the bot (open it and tap start).
6. In Telegram, search for @userinfobot
7. Start it, and it will immediately display your Telegram user ID. This is your chat_id
8. Run w3cwatcher --settings or click Tools/Settings in Tray context menu to open the config file
9. Add or update the Telegram section:

[notifications.telegram]
enabled = true
bot_token = "123456789:ABCdefGhIjkLmNoPQRstuVWxyZ"
chat_id = "123456789"