Chrome extension media sniffer

chrome-extension-media-sniffer

This skill defines the technical implementation guidelines for browser extension media sniffing, intercepting network requests, parsing playlist files (HLS/M3U8/DASH), resolving hidden high-resolution media source tags, and orchestrating downloads using a remote/local python helper backend.

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📡 1. Network Interception (Request & Response Header Sniffing)

To sniff streaming and resource chunks reliably in MV3 extensions:

• Set up dynamic interceptors via the background service-worker.js:

  chrome.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener(
    (details) => {
      // Filter details.url for target media formats: .m3u8, .mpd, .mp4, .mp3, etc.
    },
    { urls: ["<all_urls>"] }
  );
  

• Sniff headers to capture resource sizes (e.g. content-length):

  chrome.webRequest.onHeadersReceived.addListener(
    (details) => {
      const contentLengthHeader = details.responseHeaders.find(
        (h) => h.name.toLowerCase() === "content-length"
      );
      if (contentLengthHeader) {
        const sizeBytes = parseInt(contentLengthHeader.value);
        // Save resource size mapping to cache/storage
      }
    },
    { urls: ["<all_urls>"] },
    ["responseHeaders"]
  );
  

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🔍 2. DOM Scraper & Dynamic Cleaners

Inject or run content scripts (content-script.js) to capture immediate elements:

• Videos/Audios: Gather all standard source files:

  document.querySelectorAll('video, audio, source').forEach(el => {
    const url = el.src || el.currentSrc;
    // Save element sources
  });
  

• Images: Extract clean, high-resolution original URLs by stripping device or responsive-resizer parameters:
  • Unsplash: Match images.unsplash.com and replace query parameters with ?q=85&fm=jpg.
  • Pexels: Replace resizer subpaths or queries with ?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&fit=crop&h=1200&w=1600 or equivalent originals.
  • Wikimedia: Replace thumbnail paths (/thumb/.../page.jpg/...px-page.jpg) with the direct file namespace.
• E-Commerce Elements: Scan page arrays, scripts, and product layout divs to find lazy-loaded variant details.

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🎼 3. Stream & Playlist Playlist Parsing

For HLS (.m3u8) playlists:

• Fetch the playlist structure using clean HTTP request headers:

  async function parseHlsPlaylists(url) {
    const res = await fetch(url);
    const content = await res.text();
    // Parse bandwidth lines (e.g., #EXT-X-STREAM-INF:BANDWIDTH=...) to extract resolutions.
  }
  

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💻 4. Python-Based Backend Helper (yt-dlp integration)

When client-side extraction is blocked, delegate downloading to a containerized Python backend running yt-dlp:

• Docker Setup: Ensure the container has python3, ffmpeg, and yt-dlp installed.
• Dynamic Config: Bind to 0.0.0.0 and utilize the PORT environment variable:

  import os
  from flask import Flask
  app = Flask(__name__)
  port = int(os.environ.get("PORT", 8080))
  

• Fallback Directory: Ensure downloads are saved to a temporary directory writable inside server environments (e.g. /tmp or tempfile.gettempdir()).