Website blocker for increased productivity

Requirements

1. Mac OSX
2. Python 2.7

Usage

Block

To block websites, add their urls to the file websites.txt, with one url on each line. Then in Terminal, run

./block

This script can be run repeatedly. Each time ./block is run, the websites that are blocked will be updated to match those in websites.txt.

Unblock

To unblock, use the Terminal to navigate to the project directory and run

./unblock

This unblocks all websites listed in websites.txt.

It is thus safe to run this repeatedly, even while no websites are being blocked.

Notes

1. sudo permission is required for the script to modify the file /etc/hosts, and to refresh the system cache.
2. You may need to restart your browser for changes to take effect.