[Feature] Expose type definition and docs for `request._guid` to uniquely identify a request ID

[davidbielik]

Hi, in puppeteer there was a request._requestId which gave a unique ID to each network request. Does something similar exist in playwright?

I've tried making my own using ${request.utl()}-${request.timing().startTime} but realize that startTime seems to be 0 within page.on('request') but has a timestamp on page.on('response').

My use case is that I want to keep track of all requests, and later associate the responses accordingly, so that I can maintain a list of which requests were attempted, finished, and unable to finish in the given timeout.

[davidbielik]

After snooping through the code it looks like I can use request._guid. I'll rename this to a feature request!

[rwoll]

It's currently an implementation detail. You can continue using it at your own risk 😄 (There's an ID that shows up in the HAR as _requestref; this is also to be used only at your own risk.)

Adding P3-collecting-feedback to gauge other's interest and use cases. Thanks!

[pavelfeldman]

Why was this issue closed?

We are prioritizing the features based on the upvotes, recency and activity in the issue thread. It looks like this issue only has a handful of upvotes, has not been touched recently and/or we lack sufficient feedback to act on it. We are closing issues like this one to keep our bug database maintainable. Please feel free to open a new issue and link this one to it if you think this is a mistake.