A playwright is the newest headless browser automation framework launched by Microsoft. It offers extensive API support for automation with significant programming language supports like Node JS, Python, Java, Typescript, and C Sharp. It allows us to use the high-level API to control Chromium, Firefox, or Webkit web drivers. You can use this to test your web applications, mobile, data scraping, etc. In this tutorial, We show playwright proxy integration with examples.
Install Playwright in Linux or Windows
You can download and install the Playwright in the Linux operating system using these commands:
For the Python version in Linux
pip install playwright
playwright install
For the NodeJS version in Linux
Use any of the package managers you use and install it
For Java version, follow this :
https://playwright.dev/java/docs/intro#installation
For the .Net version, follow:
https://playwright.dev/dotnet/docs/intro#installation
How to Configure proxy in Playwright
Playwright provide you with a network-level API to set the HTTP proxy setting. You can use the proxy server with the framework to make your requests.
Here is the Python code for the configuration example, and i use the dedicated private proxy from proxy-hub.
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
import os
import asyncio
cwd = os.getcwd()
async def main():
async with async_playwright() as p:
browser = await p.chromium.launch(
proxy={
"server": "http://144.168.138.109:7777",
"username": "proxy-hub",
"password": "proxies",
}
)
page = await browser.new_page()
await page.goto("https://www.proxy-hub.com/blog")
print(await page.title())
await page.screenshot(path=cwd + "/screenshot.png")
await page.goto("https://httpbin.org/ip")
print(await page.content())
await browser.close()
asyncio.run(main())
I use python with the chromium browser and async function.
For the sync function, then import syncapi.
And remove the ‘await‘ keyword in the launch() method.
Two more package uses are os and asyncio.
launch() is the method to set the proxy in the browser context.
server = Your Host Proxy server with PORT
username = Username of the proxy server
password = Password of the proxy server
In this example, it visits Proxy-Hub blog print title and takes the screenshot. It goes to the httpnbin site to get the current ip used to ensure the private proxy is working.
Wrapping:
Browser automation becomes faster and more efficient with Playwright. However, Use this for web Scraping due to the lightweight and advanced settings option. Proxy solution for the Playwright is available and reach our team here.
