Playwright is a high-level API that enables users to control and automate headless Chrome, Firefox, and Webkit browsers. Compared to Puppeteer, it is a more advanced version used for automating web app testing and scraping, and is available in JavaScript & TypeScript, Python, C#, and Java.
It is valued for its high resiliency: Playwright waits for components to be actionable before taking action, and offers a diverse set of introspective opportunities. Artificial timeouts are no longer necessary, as the tool is designed specifically for dynamic web content. Moreover, checks are retried until all conditions are met.
Playwright is fast and free of limits: the background tests do not have the traditional in-process test runner software limits, allowing for multiple tabs, origins, and users to be tested in one scenario. Furthermore, the tool is able to interact with elements, resulting in trusted events. The selectors are able to pierce through the shadow DOM and access frames.
The speed of Playwright is impressive: it only takes a few milliseconds to create a new browser context, and saves the context’s authentication status for use across all tests. This eliminates the need for repetitive log-in processes while ensuring complete isolation of tests.
The powerful tools of Playwright allow tests to be created and saved in any language, and examine the page. It also allows users to create selectors, walk through the test run, click points, and look at the execution logs. Data can be gathered to investigate test failure, including test execution screencasts, live DOM snapshots, action explorer, and test source.
How to Integrate OneProxy Proxies With Playwright?
Before you can begin using Playwright, you must install Node.js and a coding editor of your choice. After that, you should create a Node.js project and install the necessary packages. Now that you have Playwright set up, you can move on to the next step of integrating OneProxy residential proxies with Playwright.
In the OneProxy dashboard, select the country, rotation options, and proxy type. You’ll receive the credentials you need for the code. Let’s say you want to use OneProxy’s residential rotating HTTPS proxies from the United States. Your code should look like this:
const playwright = require('playwright');
(async () => {
for (const browserType of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit']) {
const browser = await playwright[browserType].launch({
headless: false,
proxy: {
server: http://us.proxy.oneproxy.pro/12323,
username: 'your_proxy_username',
password: 'your_proxy_password',
},
});
const context = await browser.newContext();
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('whatismyip.com');
await page.screenshot({ path: ${browserType}.png });
await browser.close();
}
})();Best Proxies for Playwright
If you have integrated OneProxy proxies into Playwright, you may be wondering which proxies are the best to use. Generally, datacenter and residential proxies are the most common. Playwright will work with any proxy, however, it is advised to avoid free proxies as they are often slow, overloaded, and can be fronts for cybercriminals. For tasks such as site scraping and automation, rotating residential proxies are recommended as they will change your IP address on every request or after a set period. This ensures safe automation.
