playwright-cli

Run playwright-cli open with a URL, then use playwright-cli snapshot to get element refs like e5. Interact with elements using commands such as click, fill, and type, and close the browser with playwright-cli close when finished.

Take a snapshot to identify form field refs, then use playwright-cli fill with the element ref and value for each field. Click the submit button ref and take another snapshot to verify the result.

Yes, use the -s flag to create named sessions, for example playwright-cli -s=auth open and playwright-cli -s=public open. Each session has independent cookies, storage, cache, and tabs.

Use playwright-cli route with a URL pattern and options like --status or --body to intercept requests. For conditional logic or response modification, use run-code with page.route in custom Playwright code.

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

After logging in, run playwright-cli state-save auth.json to capture cookies and localStorage. Later, restore it with playwright-cli state-load auth.json before navigating to authenticated pages.