✓ Verified 💻 Development ✓ Enhanced Data

Manikantasai Playwright Automation

Browser automation using Playwright API directly.

Rating
4.6 (229 reviews)
Downloads
5,771 downloads
Version
1.0.0

Overview

Browser automation using Playwright API directly.

Complete Documentation

View Source →

Playwright Browser Automation

Direct Playwright API for reliable browser automation without MCP complexity.

Installation

bash
# Install Playwright
npm install -g playwright

# Install browsers (one-time, ~100MB each)
npx playwright install chromium
# Optional:
npx playwright install firefox
npx playwright install webkit

# For system dependencies on Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo npx playwright install-deps chromium

Quick Start

javascript
const { chromium } = require('playwright');

(async () => {
  const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true });
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  
  await page.goto('https://example.com');
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'screenshot.png' });
  
  await browser.close();
})();

Best Practices

1. Use Locators (Auto-waiting)

javascript
// ✅ GOOD: Uses auto-waiting and retries
await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
await page.getByLabel('Username').fill('user');
await page.getByPlaceholder('Search').fill('query');

// ❌ BAD: May fail if element not ready
await page.click('#submit');

2. Prefer User-Facing Attributes

javascript
// ✅ GOOD: Resilient to DOM changes
await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Welcome' });
await page.getByText('Sign in');
await page.getByTestId('login-button');

// ❌ BAD: Brittle CSS selectors
await page.click('.btn-primary > div:nth-child(2)');

3. Handle Dynamic Content

javascript
// Wait for network idle
await page.goto('https://spa-app.com', { waitUntil: 'networkidle' });

// Wait for specific element
await page.waitForSelector('.results-loaded');
await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelectorAll('.item').length > 0);

4. Use Contexts for Isolation

javascript
// Each context = isolated session (cookies, storage)
const context = await browser.newContext();
const page = await context.newPage();

// Multiple pages in one context
const page2 = await context.newPage();

5. Network Interception

javascript
// Mock API responses
await page.route('**/api/users', route => {
  route.fulfill({
    status: 200,
    body: JSON.stringify({ users: [] })
  });
});

// Block resources
await page.route('**/*.{png,jpg,css}', route => route.abort());

Common Patterns

Form Automation

javascript
// Fill form
await page.goto('https://example.com/login');
await page.getByLabel('Username').fill('myuser');
await page.getByLabel('Password').fill('mypass');
await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Sign in' }).click();

// Wait for navigation/result
await page.waitForURL('/dashboard');
await expect(page.getByText('Welcome')).toBeVisible();

Data Extraction

javascript
// Extract table data
const rows = await page.$$eval('table tr', rows =>
  rows.map(row => ({
    name: row.querySelector('td:nth-child(1)')?.textContent,
    price: row.querySelector('td:nth-child(2)')?.textContent
  }))
);

// Extract with JavaScript evaluation
const data = await page.evaluate(() => {
  return Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('.product')).map(p => ({
    title: p.querySelector('.title')?.textContent,
    price: p.querySelector('.price')?.textContent
  }));
});

Screenshots & PDFs

javascript
// Full page screenshot
await page.screenshot({ path: 'full.png', fullPage: true });

// Element screenshot
await page.locator('.chart').screenshot({ path: 'chart.png' });

// PDF (Chromium only)
await page.pdf({ 
  path: 'page.pdf', 
  format: 'A4',
  printBackground: true 
});

Video Recording

javascript
const context = await browser.newContext({
  recordVideo: {
    dir: './videos/',
    size: { width: 1920, height: 1080 }
  }
});
const page = await context.newPage();

// ... do stuff ...

await context.close(); // Video saved automatically

Mobile Emulation

javascript
const context = await browser.newContext({
  viewport: { width: 375, height: 667 },
  userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 14_0)',
  isMobile: true,
  hasTouch: true
});

Authentication

javascript
// Method 1: HTTP Basic Auth
const context = await browser.newContext({
  httpCredentials: { username: 'user', password: 'pass' }
});

// Method 2: Cookies
await context.addCookies([
  { name: 'session', value: 'abc123', domain: '.example.com', path: '/' }
]);

// Method 3: Local Storage
await page.evaluate(() => {
  localStorage.setItem('token', 'xyz');
});

// Method 4: Reuse auth state
await context.storageState({ path: 'auth.json' });
// Later: await browser.newContext({ storageState: 'auth.json' });

Advanced Features

File Upload/Download

javascript
// Upload
await page.setInputFiles('input[type="file"]', '/path/to/file.pdf');

// Download
const [download] = await Promise.all([
  page.waitForEvent('download'),
  page.click('a[download]')
]);
await download.saveAs('/path/to/save/' + download.suggestedFilename());

Dialogs Handling

javascript
page.on('dialog', dialog => {
  if (dialog.type() === 'alert') dialog.accept();
  if (dialog.type() === 'confirm') dialog.accept();
  if (dialog.type() === 'prompt') dialog.accept('My answer');
});

Frames & Shadow DOM

javascript
// Frame by name
const frame = page.frame('frame-name');
await frame.click('button');

// Frame by locator
const frame = page.frameLocator('iframe').first();
await frame.getByRole('button').click();

// Shadow DOM
await page.locator('my-component').locator('button').click();

Tracing (Debug)

javascript
await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });

// ... run tests ...

await context.tracing.stop({ path: 'trace.zip' });
// View at https://trace.playwright.dev

Configuration Options

javascript
const browser = await chromium.launch({
  headless: true,        // Run without UI
  slowMo: 50,           // Slow down by 50ms (for debugging)
  devtools: false,      // Open DevTools
  args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'] // Docker/Ubuntu
});

const context = await browser.newContext({
  viewport: { width: 1920, height: 1080 },
  locale: 'ru-RU',
  timezoneId: 'Europe/Moscow',
  geolocation: { latitude: 55.7558, longitude: 37.6173 },
  permissions: ['geolocation'],
  userAgent: 'Custom Agent',
  bypassCSP: true,      // Bypass Content Security Policy
});

Error Handling

javascript
// Retry with timeout
try {
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Load' }).click({ timeout: 10000 });
} catch (e) {
  console.log('Button not found or not clickable');
}

// Check if element exists
const hasButton = await page.getByRole('button').count() > 0;

// Wait with custom condition
await page.waitForFunction(() => 
  document.querySelectorAll('.loaded').length >= 10
);

Sudoers Setup

For Playwright browser installation:

bash
# /etc/sudoers.d/playwright
username ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/npx playwright install-deps *
username ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/npx playwright install *

References

Installation

Terminal bash

openclaw install manikantasai-playwright-automation
    
Copied!

💻Code Examples

})();

.txt
## Best Practices

### 1. Use Locators (Auto-waiting)

await page.route('**/*.{png,jpg,css}', route => route.abort());

await-pageroutepngjpgcss-route--routeabort.txt
## Common Patterns

### Form Automation

// Later: await browser.newContext({ storageState: 'auth.json' });

-later-await-browsernewcontext-storagestate-authjson-.txt
## Advanced Features

### File Upload/Download

);

.txt
## Sudoers Setup

For Playwright browser installation:
example.sh
# Install Playwright
npm install -g playwright

# Install browsers (one-time, ~100MB each)
npx playwright install chromium
# Optional:
npx playwright install firefox
npx playwright install webkit

# For system dependencies on Ubuntu/Debian:
sudo npx playwright install-deps chromium
example.js
const { chromium } = require('playwright');

(async () => {
  const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true });
  const page = await browser.newPage();
  
  await page.goto('https://example.com');
  await page.screenshot({ path: 'screenshot.png' });
  
  await browser.close();
})();
example.js
// ✅ GOOD: Uses auto-waiting and retries
await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Submit' }).click();
await page.getByLabel('Username').fill('user');
await page.getByPlaceholder('Search').fill('query');

// ❌ BAD: May fail if element not ready
await page.click('#submit');
example.js
// ✅ GOOD: Resilient to DOM changes
await page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Welcome' });
await page.getByText('Sign in');
await page.getByTestId('login-button');

// ❌ BAD: Brittle CSS selectors
await page.click('.btn-primary > div:nth-child(2)');
example.js
// Wait for network idle
await page.goto('https://spa-app.com', { waitUntil: 'networkidle' });

// Wait for specific element
await page.waitForSelector('.results-loaded');
await page.waitForFunction(() => document.querySelectorAll('.item').length > 0);
example.js
// Each context = isolated session (cookies, storage)
const context = await browser.newContext();
const page = await context.newPage();

// Multiple pages in one context
const page2 = await context.newPage();

Tags

#web_and-frontend-development #api #automation

Quick Info

Category Development
Model Claude 3.5
Complexity Multi-Agent
Author manikantasai1987
Last Updated 3/10/2026
🚀
Optimized for
Claude 3.5
🧠

Ready to Install?

Get started with this skill in seconds

openclaw install manikantasai-playwright-automation