playwright-cli

Open the page with playwright-cli open, run snapshot to get element refs, then use fill with the ref and value for each field and click the submit button. Each command returns an updated page snapshot so you can verify the result.

After logging in, run playwright-cli state-save auth.json to capture cookies and localStorage. Later, run state-load auth.json before opening the site to restore the authenticated session without logging in again.

playwright-cli supports Chrome, Firefox, WebKit, and Microsoft Edge via the --browser flag on the open command. It can also connect through a browser extension or use persistent profiles for saved user data.

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

Tracing captures DOM snapshots, network activity, console logs, and per-action timing for debugging, while video recording produces a WebM file of the visual session. Use tracing for analysis and video for demos or documentation.

If the global binary fails, prefix commands with npx, for example npx playwright-cli open https://example.com. This runs the package through npm without requiring a global installation.