requestiumvspydoll

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Requestium is a Python library that merges the power of Requests, Selenium, and Parsel into a single integrated tool for automatizing web actions.

The library was created for writing web automation scripts that are written using mostly Requests but that are able to seamlessly switch to Selenium for the JavaScript heavy parts of the website, while maintaining the session.

Requestium adds independent improvements to both Requests and Selenium, and every new feature is lazily evaluated, so its useful even if writing scripts that use only Requests or Selenium.

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.

Highlights

anti-detectcdpasync

Example Use

```python from requestium import Session, Keys session = Session(webdriver_path='./chromedriver', browser='chrome-headless', default_timeout=15) # then session object can be used like requests and parsel: title = session.get('http://samplesite.com').xpath('//title/text()').extract_first(default='Default Title') # other advance functions like POST requests and proxy settings are also available: s.post('http://www.samplesite.com/sample', data={'field1': 'data1'}) s.proxies.update({'http': 'http://10.11.4.254:3128', 'https': 'https://10.11.4.252:3128'}) # session can also be used like selenium as it exposes all selenium functions. # like typing keys: s.driver.find_element_by_xpath("//input[@class='user_name']").send_keys('James Bond', Keys.ENTER) ```

```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()) ```