You can get/extract data from a URL via Google Apps Script, Just pass the XPath and URL to monitor. I have setup a Script that continuously monitors YCombinator's Top post, When it changes I get a Mail with the link. function getDataFromXpath(path, url) { var data = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url); var text = data.getContentText(); var xmlDoc = Xml.parse(text, true); // Replacing tbody tag because app scri