Real-Time File Monitoring in Python with Watchdog (029)

Опубликовано: 14 Март 2026
на канале: Developer Service
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Welcome to the Developer Service YouTube Channel.

In this video, I’ll walk you through how to monitor your file system in real-time using Python and the powerful Watchdog library.

Whether you’re building automation tools, syncing file changes, or securing sensitive directories—this tutorial has you covered.


🔥 What you'll learn:
How Watchdog works under the hood
Setting up observers and custom event handlers
Simple File Monitoring
Monitoring Multiple Directories
Logging and Filtering
Debounce Timer


Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Watchdog library
00:52 - Simple File Monitoring
03:38 - Monitoring Multiple Directories
05:25 - Logging and Filtering
07:22 - Debounce Timer
10:17 - Developer Service Blog Article
10:27 - Outro


📚 Read the full article: https://developer-service.blog/master...

💻 Source code: https://github.com/nunombispo/Real-Ti...


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Until next time, Happy Coding!


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