get http status code python selenium

Question

How can I get the http status code in python if I open a link? I did it this way, but it always shows 200 even if the page throws a 404 error...

from urllib.request import *

self.driver.get(link)
code = urlopen(link).getcode()
if not code == 200: 
  print('http status: ' + str(code))

Answer 1

That's the problem, Selenium will always find a page. You have 2 ways to check if loading didn't work :

1 : Check content

self.assertFalse("<insert here a string which is only in the error page>" in self.driver.page_source)

2 : Use Django test Client

response = self.client.get(link)
self.assertEqual(response.status_code,200)