⚡︎ BoxLang Playwright

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Copyright Since 2023 by Ortus Solutions, Corp
www.boxlang.io | www.ortussolutions.com

Fluent browser automation and testing for BoxLang, powered by Microsoft Playwright. Drive Chromium, Firefox and WebKit, test web apps, mock the network, test APIs, and render HTML to PDF or images.

Documentation: bxplaywright.boxlang.io (also as llms.txt for AI agents)

AI agents: the Claude Code and Codex plugins install the bx-playwright skills and, opt-in, a browser through bxplaywright mcp.

Install

Two distributions, same module (playwright), same API:

Module	Size	Node.js
bx-playwright	~4 MB	Downloaded by bxplaywright install for your OS
bx-playwright-full	~206 MB	Bundled for every platform (offline friendly)

install-bx-module bx-playwright
bxplaywright install            # driver + Node.js + Chromium
bxplaywright install firefox webkit
bxplaywright doctor             # check everything

Requires BoxLang 1.17+ and Java 21+.

Quick Start

playwright().visit( "https://boxlang.io" )
	.assertTitleContains( "BoxLang" )
	.click( "Docs" )
	.screenshot( "docs.png" )
	.quit()

// Scoped work, cleaned up automatically
playwright( "mobile" ).browse( ( page ) => {
	page.visit( "http://localhost:8080/login" )
		.fill( "Email", "[email protected]" )     // by label, placeholder or name
		.fill( "Password", "secret" )
		.click( "Sign in" )                    // by button or link text
		.assertPathIs( "/dashboard" )
		.assertSee( "Welcome" )
} )

// One-shot helpers
playwright().screenshot( "https://boxlang.io", "home.png", { fullPage : true } )
playwright().pdf( "https://boxlang.io", "home.pdf", { format : "A4" } )
html = playwright().content( "https://boxlang.io" )     // rendered HTML

<bx:playwrightRender type="pdf" path="invoice.pdf" format="A4" margin="1cm">
	<h1>Invoice #invoice.id#</h1>
</bx:playwrightRender>

The API in One Screen

Area	API
Entry	playwright( [profile], [options] ), .visit(), .browse(), .newContext(), .newPage(), .request(), .render(), .close()
Selectors	@testId, CSS / XPath (#id, .class, h1, //div), or visible text (labels for fill, buttons and links for click)
Actions	click, dblclick, fill, type, clear, press, check, uncheck, select, upload, hover, focus, drag, scrollTo
Finders	locator, byRole, byText, byLabel, byPlaceholder, byTestId, byAltText, byTitle, frame, within
Locators	first, last, nth (1-based), filter, visible, all, count, texts
Assertions	assertSee, assertDontSee, assertTitle, assertPathIs, assertUrlIs, assertVisible, assertMissing, assertText, assertValue, assertChecked, assertCount, ...
Expect	page.expect( "h1" ).toHaveText( "Hi" ), .not().toBeVisible(), toHaveURL, toHaveCount, toMatchAriaSnapshot, ...
Network	intercept( "**/api/users" ).respondJson( data ), .respond(), .abort(), .resume(), .handle()
Events	onConsole, onPageError, onDialog, onRequest, onResponse, waitForPopup, waitForDownload
Output	screenshot, pdf, content, text, html, snapshot (accessibility tree for AI agents)

Assertions retry until they pass (web-first). Failures throw Playwright.AssertionFailed with Playwright's message. Other errors: Playwright.Timeout, Playwright.ActionFailed, Playwright.InvalidOption, Playwright.InvalidProfile, Playwright.NotInstalled.

Profiles

playwright( "mobile" ), playwright( [ "android", "dark" ] ). Built-in: default, chromium, firefox, webkit, chrome, chrome-beta, edge, hd, laptop, macbook, desktop, 4k, mobile/iphone, iphone-se, mobile-landscape, android/pixel, galaxy, tablet/ipad, android-tablet, dark, light, reduced-motion, high-contrast, headed, debug, record, ci, offline, print, screenshot.

Add your own in the module settings, extending any profile:

"modules": {
	"bxplaywright": {
		"settings": {
			"baseURL": "http://localhost:8080",
			"profiles": { "staging": { "extends": "desktop", "baseURL": "https://staging.example.com" } }
		}
	}
}

Resolution order (last wins): module settings, profiles, BX_PLAYWRIGHT_* environment variables (BROWSER, HEADLESS, BASEURL; PROFILE picks the default profile), per-call options.

CLI

bxplaywright <verb> (or boxlang module:bxplaywright <verb>): install, install-node, install-deps, uninstall, doctor, version, devices, profiles, clean, codegen, open, screenshot, pdf, show-trace, mcp, run, completions, help. Add --json for machine readable output. Bash completions are installed with the module; bxplaywright completions zsh|fish|powershell prints the other shells' scripts.

Development

./gradlew downloadBoxLang
./gradlew shadowJar test                          # unit and integration tests
PLAYWRIGHT_E2E=true ./gradlew shadowJar test      # plus real browser tests (downloads Node.js and Chromium once)
./gradlew shadowJar -Pflavor=full                 # build bx-playwright-full
./gradlew spotlessApply                           # Ortus formatting

See AGENTS.md for the architecture and conventions, and PLAN.md for the roadmap.

Ortus Sponsors

BoxLang is a professional open-source project and it is completely funded by the community and Ortus Solutions, Corp. Ortus Patreons get many benefits like a cfcasts account, a FORGEBOX Pro account and so much more. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please visit our patronage page: https://patreon.com/ortussolutions

THE DAILY BREAD

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