Introduction to Playwright for Python

Why Playwright?

Playwright is modern and provides:

• auto-waiting for elements
• browser contexts (isolated sessions)
• fast execution

Example (sync API)

playwright_basic.py

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
 
 
def test_example():
    with sync_playwright() as p:
        browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=True)
        page = browser.new_page()
        page.goto("https://example.com")
        assert "Example" in page.locator("h1").inner_text()
        browser.close()

Notes

• Playwright also supports async API.
• Prefer data-testid selectors for stability.