Browser automation with Java equivalent of Puppeteer: Playwright

In this short tutorial, we will see how to do browser automation with a Java equivalent of JavaScript Puppeteer: a new framework developed by Microsoft called Playwright.

1) Import the dependency in your pom.xml

In your pom.xml file, add:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.microsoft.playwright</groupId>
    <artifactId>playwright</artifactId>
    <version>1.15.2</version>
</dependency>

2) Open Firefox and navigate to Wikipedia.com

To open a Firefox browser and navigate to Wikipedia.com (without Headless mode), simply run:

package com;

import com.microsoft.playwright.*;

public class PlayWrightBlog {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Playwright playwright = Playwright.create();

        BrowserType.LaunchOptions options = new BrowserType.LaunchOptions();
        options.setHeadless(false);

        Browser browser = playwright.firefox().launch(options);
        Page page = browser.newPage();

        page.navigate("https://www.wikipedia.com");
    }
}

3) Open Chrome and navigate to Wikipedia.com

To open a Chrome browser and navigate to Wikipedia.com, simply change the browser creation line from above:

package com;

import com.microsoft.playwright.*;

public class PlayWrightBlog {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Playwright playwright = Playwright.create();

        BrowserType.LaunchOptions options = new BrowserType.LaunchOptions();
        options.setHeadless(false);

        Browser browser = playwright.chromium().launch(options);
        Page page = browser.newPage();

        page.navigate("https://www.wikipedia.com");
    }
}

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