To launch a Google Chrome instance using Playwright, you'll need to install the Playwright library and import it into your project. Playwright provides a method to launch Chromium-based browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.
First, install the Playwright library:
npm install -D @playwright/test
Next, import Playwright in your TypeScript file:
import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
Now, you can launch Chrome by calling the chromium.launch()
method. This returns a Browser
object representing an instance of Chrome running on your machine. You can interact with the browser programmatically using this object.
For example, create a new page in the browser by calling browser.newPage()
. This returns a Page
object representing a new tab in the browser. Navigate to a website using page.goto(url)
, replacing "url" with the URL of the website you want to visit.
If you need more control over Chrome's launch or configuration, such as specifying command-line arguments or setting environment variables, Playwright provides additional methods for doing so. For example, to run Chrome in headless mode (without displaying any windows), pass { headless: true }
as an option when launching Chromium.
Here's a complete example:
import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
test('Launch Chrome and navigate to a website', async ({chromium}) => {
const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true });
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto('https://ray.run/');
// Perform any additional actions or assertions here
await browser.close();
});
With these tools, you can easily automate tasks in Google Chrome using Playwright!
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