playwright

Playwright Browser Automation Skill

Automate browsers with Playwright — Microsoft's modern browser automation framework. Faster and more reliable than Selenium, with built-in auto-wait and network control.

Installation

pip install playwright
playwright install chromium  # or: playwright install  (all browsers)

Core Patterns

Open a page and navigate

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=False)  # headless=True for no UI
    page = browser.new_page()
    page.goto("https://example.com")
    print(page.title())
    browser.close()

Async version

import asyncio
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright

async def main():
    async with async_playwright() as p:
        browser = await p.chromium.launch()
        page = await browser.new_page()
        await page.goto("https://example.com")
        print(await page.title())
        await browser.close()

asyncio.run(main())

Click, fill, select

page.click("button.submit")                        # Click a button
page.fill("#username", "my_user")                   # Fill an input
page.fill("#password", "my_pass")
page.select_option("select#country", "US")          # Select dropdown
page.check("input#agree")                           # Check a checkbox
page.press("#search", "Enter")                      # Press a key

Wait for elements

page.wait_for_selector(".results", timeout=10000)   # Wait up to 10s
page.wait_for_load_state("networkidle")              # Wait for network quiet
page.wait_for_url("**/dashboard")                    # Wait for navigation

Extract data

text = page.text_content("h1")                      # Single element text
href = page.get_attribute("a.link", "href")          # Attribute value
items = page.query_selector_all(".product")          # Multiple elements
for item in items:
    name = item.text_content()
    price = item.query_selector(".price").text_content()