How can I create a locator from a link with a unique href in Playwright?

I was recently asking myself this very same questions. With all the great locator tooling out there, sometimes there is just an old piece of legacy code that isn't going to get modified to add a data test id or other unique locator. In those situations we can

How do I mock HTTP network traffic for a specific response via in Playwright?

I recently had a scenario where I wanted to make a check on a UI element but the data within the UI element was a count that other tests in my suite would affect. There were really 2 approaches I saw forward. One was intercept the network traffic and scrape

The Definitive Guide to API Test Automation With Playwright: Part 3 - Debugging API Tests

A big part of writing automated checks is testing and debugging the code you write, ideally ensuring there aren't any bugs in test code. For part 3 I will be covering how I run my tests, debug my tests, and how I get feedback before the code is

Is it possible to run only Playwright Tests that changed in GitHub actions on a pull request?

💡I've published a new article which can be used if you are on Playwright version 1.46 or later - https://playwrightsolutions.com/update-v1-46-is-it-possible-to-run-only-playwright-tests-that-changed-in-github-actions-on-a-pull-request/ Have you ever been reviewing a

Enabling pw:api debugging in Playwright Test for VSCode

Getting started in playwright, it's likely that you may have ran your first test executing the command, npx playwright test .   That's awesome! In the words of the late Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi,  "You've taken your first step into a larger world"

The Definitive Guide to API Test Automation With Playwright: Part 2 - Adding More In-Depth Checks

Welcome Back! If you missed the Introduction and Part 1 make sure you understand the context of what we are doing and why. In this article I will focus on adding depth to our automated api checks. This will allow us to cover both positive and negative scenarios for each

What's the easiest way to only re-run failures after the Playwright Tests are finished?

Out of all the wonderful features that the Playwright Test Runner has around retrying failures, one thing I found myself needing was an easy way to re-run all the tests from a recent run. This is different than test retry and assert retry in that those are completing retries

The Definitive Guide to API Test Automation With Playwright: Part 1 - Basics of API Testing GET Request With and Without Authorization

It's time to jump right in to building our your API tests with Playwright. First thing we will need is a website to test against. I have an awesome list of sites I keep up to date. GitHub - BMayhew/awesome-sites-to-test-on: A curated list of

The Definitive Guide to API Test Automation With Playwright: Introduction

I have had a few folks ask if it's possible to do API testing with Playwright, the short answer YES! With this next series of posts I will walk through all the ins and outs of utilizing Playwright for all your API Testing needs. This will be the

Utilizing the toHaveAttribute() method when making assertions in Playwright to check if a button is enabled or disabled.

Often when testing on the UI layer, you may want to validate a button or an element is in a certain state based on the users actions. A common scenario that I have faced is signing in, filling out address information, or entering credit card details. You don't

How do you handle combining HTML, Json reports, and a Slack Message after a Playwright test is run with the --shard command?

This is a continuation of a series on How to send a slack notification after Playwright test finish. Part 1 discussed how to use an npm package to do this while Part 2 covered how to send slack messages from a github action. This is Part 3 where I cover

Hands on Test Automation with Playwright 99 Minute Workshop

I've partnered with the Ministry of Testing to lead a live 99 minute hands on workshop. I'm really excited to help folks get started on their journey utilizing Playwright for automation. This workshop is available for free to all Ministry of Testing Pro members. To sign