make google alerts

make_google_alert.js

// consult here for the explanation, but this is a fixed version based on https://dev.to/frenchcooc/how-to-create-a-bunch-of-google-alerts-in-3-minutes-54n 
// it has a standard 3 second pause or whatever not some exponential thing that was breaking the code. 
// also implemented the explanation in the comment section

function sleep(milliseconds) {
  const date = Date.now();
  let currentDate = null;
  do {
    currentDate = Date.now();
  } while (currentDate - date < milliseconds);
}


var keywords = ["GitHub API", "Google Alerts API", "Dev.to API"]

var left = "FILL YOURS IN"
var right = "FILL YOURS IN"


function addAlert(i) {
  // Retrieve the keyword to work with
  const keyword = encodeURIComponent(keywords[i])
  //build the params var with the term to be added
  var params = left + keyword + right
  console.log(keyword)
  console.log(params)
  sleep(5000)
  // Stop the script if there's no keyword
  if (!keywords[i] || !keyword) { return; }


  fetch("https://www.google.com.au/alerts/create?x=AMJHsmX4zQG7yQQkvKClKsfQHbhk0ZIWDQ%3A1635943457897", {
  "headers": {
    "accept": "*/*",
    "accept-language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
    "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=UTF-8",
    "sec-fetch-dest": "empty",
    "sec-fetch-mode": "cors",
    "sec-fetch-site": "same-origin",
    "sec-gpc": "1"
  },
  "referrer": "https://www.google.com.au/alerts?pli=1",
  "referrerPolicy": "strict-origin-when-cross-origin",
  "body": params,
  "method": "POST",
  "mode": "cors",
  "credentials": "include"
});

  addAlert(i+1);
}

addAlert(0)