Playwright examples using JavaScript

Demonstration of:

• Playwright browser automation testing
• JavaScript programming language
• Node runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine
• Chromium open source web browser

Install

Install Node and NPM

Install Node and NPM from https://nodejs.org/

Run this to confirm your version:

node -v

Output should be at least:

v23.6.1

Run this to confirm your version:

npm -v

Output should be at least:

11.2.0

Install Playwright

Install Playwright latest version:

npm install playwright@latest

Update

Run:

npm install npm@latest
npm upgrade
npm audit fix

Run

Run:

./src/demo.js

If you prefer, you can run with Node explicitly:

node src/demo.js

The script will do three things:

1. Launch your local Chrome web browser to view the free open source testing examples web page https://testingexamples.github.io.

2. Interact with the web page in various ways, such as finding elements, clicking on elements, filling in form inputs, etc.

3. Print some typical HTML tag output that demonstrates the program is running successfully.

Tracking

• Package: playwright-examples-using-javascript
• Version: 1.4.0
• Created: 2019-11-02T00:00:00Z
• Updated: 2025-04-24T13:58:02Z
• License: GPL-2.0-or-greater or for custom license contact us
• Contact: Joel Parker Henderson joel.henderson@wales.nhs.uk