Playwright
Playwright module provides a method to launch a browser instance. The following is a typical example of using Playwright to drive automation:
import com.microsoft.playwright.*;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (Playwright playwright = Playwright.create()) {
BrowserType chromium = playwright.chromium();
Browser browser = chromium.launch();
Page page = browser.newPage();
page.navigate("http://example.com");
// other actions...
browser.close();
}
}
}
Methods
close
Added in: v1.9Terminates this instance of Playwright, will also close all created browsers if they are still running.
Usage
Playwright.close();
create
Added in: v1.10Launches new Playwright driver process and connects to it. Playwright.close() should be called when the instance is no longer needed.
Playwright playwright = Playwright.create();
Browser browser = playwright.webkit().launch();
Page page = browser.newPage();
page.navigate("https://www.w3.org/");
playwright.close();
Usage
Playwright.create();
Playwright.create(options);
Arguments
options
Playwright.CreateOptions
(optional)
Returns
Properties
chromium()
Added in: v1.8This object can be used to launch or connect to Chromium, returning instances of Browser.
Usage
Playwright.chromium()
Returns
firefox()
Added in: v1.8This object can be used to launch or connect to Firefox, returning instances of Browser.
Usage
Playwright.firefox()
Returns
request()
Added in: v1.16Exposes API that can be used for the Web API testing.
Usage
Playwright.request()
Returns
selectors()
Added in: v1.8Selectors can be used to install custom selector engines. See extensibility for more information.
Usage
Playwright.selectors()
Returns
webkit()
Added in: v1.8This object can be used to launch or connect to WebKit, returning instances of Browser.
Usage
Playwright.webkit()
Returns