Playwright
A framework for web testing and automation that drives Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API.
What is Playwright?
Playwright is a framework for web testing and automation that provides a single API to control Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit browsers. It solves the problem of writing reliable, cross-browser tests and automation scripts by offering features like auto-waiting, test isolation, and web-first assertions.
Developers and QA engineers building and testing web applications who need reliable cross-browser automation, as well as teams integrating AI agents for browser-based tasks.
Developers choose Playwright for its consistent cross-browser support, robust tooling for test authoring and debugging, and its modern approach to eliminating flaky tests through auto-waiting and isolation.
Overview
Playwright is a framework for Web Testing and Automation. It allows testing Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with a single API.
Use Cases
Best For
- Writing end-to-end tests for web applications across multiple browsers
- Automating browser interactions for web scraping or scripting tasks
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