A high-level API to automate web browsers
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Author: Microsoft Corporation
Requires Python: >=3.9
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Topic
- Software Development :: Testing
- Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Browsers
Intended Audience
- Developers
Programming Language
- Python :: 3
- Python :: 3.9
- Python :: 3.10
- Python :: 3.11
- Python :: 3.12
- Python :: 3.13
Operating System
- OS Independent
๐ญ Playwright for Python 
Playwright is a Python library to automate Chromium, Firefox and WebKit browsers with a single API. Playwright delivers automation that is ever-green, capable, reliable and fast. See how Playwright is better.
| Linux | macOS | Windows | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromium 145.0.7632.6 | โ | โ | โ |
| WebKit 26.0 | โ | โ | โ |
| Firefox 146.0.1 | โ | โ | โ |
Documentation
https://playwright.dev/python/docs/intro
API Reference
https://playwright.dev/python/docs/api/class-playwright
Example
from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
with sync_playwright() as p:
for browser_type in [p.chromium, p.firefox, p.webkit]:
browser = browser_type.launch()
page = browser.new_page()
page.goto('http://playwright.dev')
page.screenshot(path=f'example-{browser_type.name}.png')
browser.close()
import asyncio
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
async def main():
async with async_playwright() as p:
for browser_type in [p.chromium, p.firefox, p.webkit]:
browser = await browser_type.launch()
page = await browser.new_page()
await page.goto('http://playwright.dev')
await page.screenshot(path=f'example-{browser_type.name}.png')
await browser.close()
asyncio.run(main())
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| Platform | Python 3 |
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