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Pydoll is a Python library for browser automation that uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) directly, designed to be undetectable by anti-bot systems. Unlike Selenium-based tools, Pydoll does not use WebDriver and avoids the common detection vectors that anti-bot systems look for.

Key features include:

Native CDP communication Connects directly to Chrome/Chromium via CDP websocket without intermediary drivers, avoiding the automation flags and fingerprints that WebDriver-based tools leave behind.
Event-driven architecture Built around an async event system that can listen for and react to browser events like network requests, console messages, and DOM changes.
Network interception Can intercept, modify, and mock network requests and responses, useful for blocking unnecessary resources or modifying API responses during scraping.
Async-first design Fully asynchronous API built on Python's asyncio for efficient concurrent automation.
Clean API Provides a high-level, Pythonic API for common browser automation tasks while still allowing direct CDP command execution for advanced use cases.
Multi-browser support Can manage multiple browser instances and pages concurrently.

Pydoll fills a similar niche to nodriver and camoufox — browser automation with a focus on avoiding detection — but takes a different approach by providing more granular control over CDP communication and network interception.

ChromeDP is an open-source library for driving browsers using the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP) in the Go programming language. It is a high-level library that abstracts away the low-level details of interacting with the CDP and provides a simple, intuitive API for performing common browser automation tasks such as clicking elements, filling out forms, and taking screenshots.

ChromeDP also supports parallel execution of browser tasks, making it well-suited for large-scale web scraping and testing applications. It is considered as one of the most popular Go package for automation and scraping tasks.

Highlights

anti-detectcdpasync

Example Use

```python import asyncio from pydoll.browser import Chrome from pydoll.constants import By async def main(): async with Chrome() as browser: # Open a new page page = await browser.new_page() await page.go_to("https://example.com") # Find and interact with elements search_input = await page.find_element(By.CSS, "input[name='q']") await search_input.type_text("web scraping") submit_btn = await page.find_element(By.CSS, "button[type='submit']") await submit_btn.click() # Wait for results and extract content await page.wait_element(By.CSS, ".results") results = await page.find_elements(By.CSS, ".result-item") for result in results: title = await result.get_text() print(title) # Network interception example await page.enable_network_interception() # intercept and analyze API calls made by the page asyncio.run(main()) ```

```go package main import ( "context" "fmt" "github.com/chromedp/chromedp" ) func main() { var title, firstParagraph string // create context ctx, cancel := chromedp.NewContext(context.Background()) defer cancel() // run task list (a scraping scenario) err := chromedp.Run(ctx, // go to page chromedp.Navigate("https://www.example.com"), // wait for element to load chromedp.WaitVisible("body"), // extract text from an element (css selector) chromedp.Text("title", &title), // extract first paragraph element chromedp.First(chromedp.ByTagName("p"), &firstParagraph), ) if err != nil { fmt.Println("error:", err) return } fmt.Printf("Title: %s\n", title) fmt.Printf("First paragraph: %s\n", firstParagraph) } ```