Simple Facebook Video Downloader
Lightweight Python tool that converts a desktop Facebook watch URL to the mobile version, parses the page to locate the direct MP4 source, and downloads the file. Includes an optional headless Chrome (Selenium) driver setup for manual page loading, but primary flow uses requests + BeautifulSoup for fast, no-browser extraction.
Technologies Used
PythonScrapingAutomationCLI
Key Features
- Automatic www→m URL normalization
- Direct MP4 link extraction
- One-call video download
- Headless Chrome driver bootstrap (optional)
- Auto chromedriver install
Technical Stack
• Python
• requests
• BeautifulSoup
• wget
• Selenium (headless)
• chromedriver