Playwright Browser Automation

Playwright is a powerful browser automation framework that supports Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. It enables reliable end-to-end testing, web scraping, form automation, screenshot capture, and PDF generation with a modern async API.

Direct Control (CLI / API / Scripting)

Installation

# Install Playwright
npm install -D @playwright/test playwright

# Install browsers (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit)
npx playwright install

# Install specific browser only
npx playwright install chromium

# Install with system dependencies