Monitor web sites visited using Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome, Firefox and Safari in Python
- by Zachary Brown
I am working on a project for work and have seemed to run into a small problem. The project is a similar program to Web Nanny, but branded to my client's company. It will have features such as website blocking by URL, keyword and web activity logs. I would also need it to be able to "pause" downloads until an acceptable username and password is entered.
I found a script to monitor the URL visited in Internet Explorer (shown below), but it seems to slow the browser down considerably. I have not found any support or ideas onhow to implement this in other browsers.
So, my questions are:
1). How to I monitor other browser activity / visited URLs?
2). How do I prevent downloading unless an acceptable username and password is entered?
from win32com.client import Dispatch,WithEvents
import time,threading,pythoncom,sys
stopEvent=threading.Event()
class EventSink(object):
def OnNavigateComplete2(self,*args):
print "complete",args
stopEvent.set()
def waitUntilReady(ie):
if ie.ReadyState!=4:
while 1:
print "waiting"
pythoncom.PumpWaitingMessages()
stopEvent.wait(.2)
if stopEvent.isSet() or ie.ReadyState==4:
stopEvent.clear()
break;
time.clock()
ie=Dispatch('InternetExplorer.Application',EventSink)
ev=WithEvents(ie,EventSink)
ie.Visible=1
ie.Navigate("http://www.google.com")
waitUntilReady(ie)
print "location",ie.LocationName
ie.Navigate("http://www.aol.com")
waitUntilReady(ie)
print "location",ie.LocationName
print ie.LocationName,time.clock()
print ie.ReadyState
