This code performs the following steps: 1. **Import the Required Library:** ...

July 3, 2025 at 02:47 AM

from seleniumwire import webdriver driver = webdriver.Chrome() driver.get("https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?v=Faca5xYHPTE") for request in driver.requests: if request.response: print(f"{request.method} {request.url} - {request.response.status_code}")

This code performs the following steps:

  1. Import the Required Library:

    • It imports the webdriver module from the seleniumwire library. Selenium Wire is an extended version of Selenium that allows you to inspect or interact with network traffic (like HTTP requests and responses) made by the browser.
  2. Set Up a Selenium WebDriver Instance:

    • A Selenium Wire WebDriver instance is created with webdriver.Chrome(), which launches a new Google Chrome browser instance controlled by Selenium.
  3. Navigate to a YouTube Live Chat Page:

    • The driver.get() method is used to navigate to the YouTube live chat page for a specific video (identified by the v parameter in the URL: Faca5xYHPTE).
  4. Process Network Requests:

    • The code iterates over the network requests captured by Selenium Wire using the driver.requests property. Each request made by the browser is analyzed.
  5. Check for Responses:

    • For each network request, the code checks if there is a response associated with it using if request.response.
  6. Print Request and Response Details:

    • For requests with a response, the code prints out:
      • The HTTP method of the request (e.g., GET, POST).
      • The URL being accessed.
      • The HTTP status code of the response (e.g., 200 for success, 404 for not found).
  7. Effectively, This Code:

    • Launches Chrome, navigates to a YouTube live chat page, and logs the network activity (specifically HTTP requests and their responses) in the console in a readable format.

Example Output:

If the page makes HTTP requests, the output might look like this:

GET https://www.youtube.com/live_chat?v=Faca5xYHPTE - 200
GET https://example.com/some-resource.js - 200
POST https://www.youtube.com/api/chat/bind - 403

This is typically useful for debugging, analyzing network behavior, or understanding what resources are being loaded by the page in the browser.

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