playwright-cli

Run playwright-cli open to launch a browser, then use snapshot to get element refs and commands like click, fill, and type to interact with the page. Each command returns an updated page snapshot so you can chain actions step by step.

Run the test with npx playwright test --debug=cli in the background, then attach with playwright-cli attach using the printed session name. The test pauses at the start, letting you snapshot the page, inspect console output, and rehearse corrected actions whose generated code you paste back into the test.

Yes, the route command intercepts URL patterns and returns custom status codes, JSON bodies, or headers. For conditional logic or response modification, use run-code with page.route to inspect requests and fulfill them dynamically.

Yes, the -s flag creates named sessions with isolated cookies, storage, cache, and tabs. You can run concurrent sessions for tasks like A/B comparison or parallel scraping, and clean up with close-all or kill-all.

The open command supports Chromium, Chrome, Firefox, WebKit, and Microsoft Edge via the --browser flag. You can also attach to a running Chrome or Edge instance over CDP, or connect through the Playwright browser extension.

Video recording produces WebM files and adds slight overhead to automation, with large recordings consuming significant disk space. Tracing is a lighter alternative when you need DOM snapshots and network details rather than a visual demo.