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Playwright

Playwright module provides a method to launch a browser instance. The following is a typical example of using Playwright to drive automation:

require 'playwright'

Playwright.create(playwright_cli_executable_path: 'npx playwright') do |playwright|
  chromium = playwright.chromium # or "firefox" or "webkit".
  chromium.launch do |browser|
    page = browser.new_page
    page.goto('https://example.com/')

    # other actions

  end
end

chromium​

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

devices​

Returns a dictionary of devices to be used with Browser#new_context or Browser#new_page.

require 'playwright'

Playwright.create(playwright_cli_executable_path: 'npx playwright') do |playwright|
  iphone = playwright.devices["iPhone 6"]
  playwright.webkit.launch do |browser|
    context = browser.new_context(**iphone)
    page = context.new_page
    page.goto('https://example.com/')

    # other actions

  end
end

firefox​

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

selectors​

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

webkit​

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