com.microsoft.playwright

Interface Playwright

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable

public interface Playwright
extends AutoCloseable

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();
     }
   }
 }
 

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BrowserType	chromium() This object can be used to launch or connect to Chromium, returning instances of Browser.
void	close() Terminates this instance of Playwright, will also close all created browsers if they are still running.
static Playwright	create() Launches new Playwright driver process and connects to it.
BrowserType	firefox() This object can be used to launch or connect to Firefox, returning instances of Browser.
Selectors	selectors() Selectors can be used to install custom selector engines.
BrowserType	webkit() This object can be used to launch or connect to WebKit, returning instances of Browser.

Method Detail

chromium

BrowserType chromium()

This object can be used to launch or connect to Chromium, returning instances of Browser.

firefox

BrowserType firefox()

This object can be used to launch or connect to Firefox, returning instances of Browser.

selectors

Selectors selectors()

Selectors can be used to install custom selector engines. See Working with selectors for more information.

webkit

BrowserType webkit()

This object can be used to launch or connect to WebKit, returning instances of Browser.

close

void close()

Terminates this instance of Playwright, will also close all created browsers if they are still running.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

create

static Playwright create()

Launches 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();
 }