Capture network traffic using WebDriver

We often come across testing requirements when we need to analyze the network traffic to find -

• HTTP status of page
• Analyze header information to find if right information is passed
• Validating parameters related to ajax requests etc

Selenium 1 has had a way to capture n/w traffic but the feature does not always work as expected. At times Selenium 1 does not capture all n/w traffic, And given that Selenium 1 APIs are almost dead it is