Playwright on Azure Functions

Working reference example for running Playwright scripts on Azure Functions. Supports Chromium, WebKit and Firefox. Tested with Playwright v0.11.1.

https://az-functions-pw-test.azurewebsites.net/api/HttpExample?browser=webkit

Usage

This example currently requires a Linux premium plan on Azure Functions. The project was bootstrapped with this tutorial.

The project sets up a basic HTTP trigger function which returns a screenshot of a web page in the browser of your choice.

Running locally

• Clone the repo and run npm install
• Build the docker image with docker build .
• Run the docker container with docker run -p 8080:80 <container-id>
• Open localhost:8080/api/HttpExample and pass the browser as a query parameter ?browser=webkit

Deploy

Once the pieces work locally, deploy them to Azure by following the steps in this tutorial. Broadly speaking, these steps will be:

• Create a resource group, storage account and premium plan on your Azure subscription
• Push the Docker image to Docker Hub
• Create a function with an HTTP trigger, pointed at the Docker image

Usage with a single browser

It is also possible to use this example for a single browser (instead of 3). To do this

• Use a different NPM package: playwright-chromium, playwright-firefox, or playwright-webkit instead of playwright
• Optionally, modify the Dockerfile to remove browser-specific changes
• Update the index.js to require the correct NPM package

Contributing

Does this example not work for your needs? File an issue so we can make it work better. Thank you!