playwright-cli

Run playwright-cli open to start a browser, then playwright-cli goto to navigate. Each command returns a snapshot with element refs like e5, which you pass to commands such as click, fill, or type to interact with the page.

Run the test with npx playwright test --debug=cli in the background and wait for the debugging instructions with a session name. Then attach using playwright-cli attach <session> to explore the paused page and copy the generated TypeScript code into your test.

Yes, playwright-cli route 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 or abort them.

Yes, the -s flag creates named sessions with isolated cookies, storage, cache, and tabs. Use playwright-cli list to see sessions, close to stop one, and close-all or kill-all for cleanup.

After logging in, run playwright-cli state-save auth.json to capture cookies and localStorage. Later, playwright-cli state-load auth.json restores the authenticated state so you can skip the login flow.

Try the local version with npx --no-install playwright-cli --version. If unavailable, install it globally with npm install -g @playwright/cli@latest, then use playwright-cli directly in all commands.