This is ~/.cache, unless overridden by $XDG_CACHE_HOME. // adminContext and all pages inside, including adminPage, are signed in as "admin". Defaults to process.env.#, executablePath? your "session" doesn't need to persist beyond server reboots), this is likely more performant, anyway, since we just start the browser one time instead of starting it for every script execution (or, even worse, having multiple "full instances" of Chromium running at the same time). So we can use the href value of this button to make a direct download instead of using Playwright's click simulation. If your web application supports signing in via API, you can use APIRequestContext to simplify sign in flow. . For example, if your app prompts you to sign in every week even if you're on the same computer/browser, you'll need to update storageState.json at least this often. By clicking Sign up for GitHub, you agree to our terms of service and // Create a unique username for each worker. Any of the methods above to create multiple storage state files would work. Defaults to false.#, logger? const browser = await chromium.launch(options); . Close the browser process on SIGTERM. Explicit waits Explicit waits are a type of smart wait we invoke explicitly as part of our script. userDataDir < string > Path to a User Data Directory, which stores browser session data like cookies and local storage. Added in: v1.15#. Well occasionally send you account related emails. Note that Chromium's user data directory is the parent directory of the "Profile Path" seen at chrome://version. These classes are available via playwright.errors. Get started Star 42k+ Any browser Any platform One API Cross-browser. Set the UserDataDir policy to $ {local_app_data}\Edge\Profile. If specified, traces are saved into this directory.#, wsPath? It supports all modern rendering engines including Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox. Playwright provides a way to reuse the signed-in state in the tests. Selectors can be used to install custom selector engines. Playwright enables reliable end-to-end testing for modern web apps. That way you can log in only once and then skip the log in step for all of the tests. This helper works with a browser out of the box with no additional tools required to install. Create a test script and an empty folder test-profile-dir: Run the same script second time ( await browser.close (); can be uncommented). When connecting to another browser launched via BrowserType.launchServer in Node.js, the major and minor version needs to match the client version (1.2.3 is compatible with 1.2.x). Cross-language. It is developed by Microsoft and the development team has members that were involved in developing Puppeteer for Google. options? The Puppeteer and Playwright APIs for handling cookies are slightly different but achieve the same goals. They depend on your application's authentication model: some apps might require both cookies and local storage. Launches browser that uses persistent storage located at userDataDir and returns the only context. < Object > Playwright is an open-source NodeJS framework for browser automation. Note that persistent authentication is not suited for CI environments since it relies on a disk location. To mitigate that, reuse existing authentication state instead. // Make sure we are not using any other storage state. This article explains everything about Playwright and how it can be used for automation and even web scraping. Merged. /** @type {import('@playwright/test').Page} */, // Get session storage and store as env variable, // Execute login steps manually in the browser window. Node.js E2E puppeteerTestCafe . Learn more about the Firefox user preferences at about:config.#, handleSIGHUP? An example of launching a browser executable and connecting to it later: Returns browser name. In short, here's how it works: While this does work, I think the "default" behavior of Playwright should be to allow connecting to the same user directory from multiple processes. This defeats the use case that I am trying to achieve.