playwright-cli

Run playwright-cli open with a URL, then use snapshot to get element refs like e5, and interact with click, fill, type, or press commands. Each command returns an updated page snapshot so you can chain actions without writing Playwright code.

Run the test with npx playwright test --debug=cli in the background, then attach using playwright-cli attach with the printed session name. The paused page can be explored with snapshot, console, and requests, and every action generates corrected TypeScript code.

Yes, use playwright-cli attach --cdp=chrome or --cdp=msedge to connect to a running browser with remote debugging enabled, or attach --cdp=http://localhost:9222 for a CDP endpoint. Detach later without closing the external browser.

Yes, the route command intercepts URL patterns to return custom status codes, JSON bodies, or headers, and unroute removes them. For conditional logic or response modification, use run-code with page.route for full Playwright API control.

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

cmd.exe and PowerShell treat & as a command separator, truncating URLs with multiple query parameters. Escape & as ^& in cmd.exe or place --% before the command in PowerShell to pass the URL literally.