Playwright Python 1 | Getting Started

In this session…
- Getting Started
- Install Python
- Install Playwright
- 1st Playwright Test
(Open a webpage)

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What is Playwright

It’s a tool to test websites from start to end (like how a user uses it)

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What browsers does it work with?

Works with all big browsers:
Chromium (like Chrome, Edge)
WebKit (like Safari)
Firefox

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What OS does it work with?

Windows
Linux
Mac
Can run tests in CI/CD ( Jenkins etc.)
headless (no browser window) OR headed (you see browser open)
can also pretend to be a mobile phone (mobile emulation)

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Before we begin… Let’s check our system is ready
At least 4 GB RAM (8 GB better)
Disk space: around 1.5 GB
Stable internet

https://playwright.dev/python/docs/intro#system-requirements

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Install Python
Step 1 - Check if python is already installed python --version or py --version
Step 2 - Download Python installer from https://www.python.org/
Step 3 - Create a folder for python
Step 4 - Run python installer and use the folder destination
Step 4 - Also check if PATH env variables has python and python/scripts folders added
Step 5 - Check if python is installed python --version or py --version
Step 6 - Also check pip pip --version

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Install Playwright
Step 1 - Create a new folder for playwright project
mkdir playwright_demo
cd playwright_demo

Step 2 - Create a python virtual env for this project
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # Mac/Linux
venv\Scripts\activate # Windows

Step 3 - Install playwright pip install playwright playwright --version
Can also install with pytest pip install pytest-playwright

Step 4 - Install browser binaries
playwright install
This downloads Chromium, Firefox, WebKit for testing

Step 5 - Verify installation
python -m playwright --version
We’re ready. Let’s write our first script

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1st Playwright Test (Open a webpage)
Step 1 - Create a new python file touch first_test.py # Mac/Linux
type nul ＞ first_test.py # Windows

Step 2 - Write this script in first_test.py
Can also use some editor or IDE like VS Code
Can download zip file of vscode and extract in a separate new folder
Can also install python extensions. Will find python option in the button status bar

Step 3 - Run the test python first_test.py

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=False)
page = browser.new_page()
page.goto('https://google.com')
print(page.title())
browser.close()

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