Fast, Reliable & Modern
Web Automation

Playwright enables reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps. This page demonstrates core capabilities using Python.

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Fast Execution

Parallelize tests with zero configuration. Playwright runs tests in parallel across all browsers.

Auto-Waiting

No more flaky tests. Playwright waits for elements to be actionable before executing actions.

Cross-Browser

Test on Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit (Safari) with a single API on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Python Code Samples

Click on the tabs to explore different Playwright capabilities.

A simple synchronous script to launch a browser and take a screenshot.

example_basic.py

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    # Launch browser (headless=False to see UI)
    browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=False)
    page = browser.new_page()
    
    # Navigate to URL
    page.goto("https://playwright.dev/python")
    
    # Interact with page
    print(page.title())
    
    # Screenshot
    page.screenshot(path="example.png")
    
    browser.close()

Using robust Locators to find elements on the page.

locators.py

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.launch()
    page = browser.new_page()
    page.goto("https://example.com")

    # Get by role (most accessible)
    get_started = page.get_by_role("link", name="Get Started")

    # Get by text content
    submit = page.get_by_text("Submit")

    # Get by test ID (recommended for CSS changes)
    submit = page.get_by_test_id("auth-button")

    # Chain locators
    product = page.locator(".list").get_by_text("Playwright")
    
    browser.close()

Built-in assertions to wait for conditions automatically.

assertions.py

from playwright.sync_api import expect

# Navigating and waiting for URL
page.goto("https://example.com")
expect(page).to_have_url("https://example.com/")

# Checking element visibility
locator = page.locator(".status-message")
expect(locator).to_be_visible()

# Checking text content
expect(locator).to_contain_text("Welcome")

# Checking attribute values
button = page.locator("#submit")
expect(button).to_have_attribute("type", "submit")

Capturing a trace to debug test failures visually.

trace.py

# Start tracing before creating/running the browser
context = browser.new_context()
context.tracing.start(screenshots=True, snapshots=True)

page = context.new_page()
page.goto("https://playwright.dev")

# ... perform actions ...
page.click("text=Get Started")

# Stop tracing and save the file
context.tracing.stop(path = "trace.zip")

# View trace using CLI:
# playwright show-trace trace.zip

Get Started Now

Install Playwright via pip and install the required browsers.

pip install playwright

playwright install