playwright（Playwright 浏览器测试）

Playwright - Browser Automation

Browser automation using Playwright. Works on ARM64 with Firefox when Chrome isn't available.

Setup

Playwright is already installed:

pip install playwright
python3 -m playwright install firefox  # Already done

Commands

Basic Operations

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py navigate "https://example.com"
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py content "https://example.com"
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py title "https://example.com"

Screenshot

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py screenshot "https://example.com" --output /tmp/page.png

Interactive Actions

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py click "https://example.com" --selector ".button"
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py type "https://example.com" --selector "#input" --text "hello"
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py scroll "https://example.com" --direction down

Find Elements

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py find "https://example.com" --selector "a"
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py links "https://example.com"

Multi-step Tasks

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py task "
1. Go to https://example.com
2. Click the 'More' link
3. Extract the title
"

Full Page Snapshot

uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py snapshot "https://example.com" --format ai

Examples

Research Task

# Get clean content from a page
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py content "https://github.com/MillionthOdin16/clawd-demo-site"

# Take a screenshot
uv run {baseDir}/scripts/cli.py screenshot "https://demo.bradarr.com" --output /tmp/demo.png

Automation Script

from playwright.async_api import async_playwright
import asyncio

async def run_task():
    async with async_playwright() as p:
        browser = await p.firefox.launch(headless=True)
        page = await browser.new_page()

        # Navigate
        await page.goto("https://example.com")

        # Interact
        await page.click(".selector")
        await page.fill("#input", "text")

        # Extract
        title = await page.title()
        content = await page.content()

        await browser.close()
        return title, content

# Run the async function
asyncio.run(run_task())

Why Playwright Over Chrome?

When to Use

See Also

• Full workflow guide: memory/WORKFLOW.md - Decision tree for when to use playwright vs r.jina.ai
• Browser automation: memory/BROWSER-AUTOMATION.md - Clawdbot browser vs browser-use vs playwright

Notes

• Uses Firefox by default (works on ARM64)
• Headless mode for server environments
• Install other browsers: python3 -m playwright install chromium webkit
• For complex tasks, create a Python script

Files

• scripts/cli.py - Main CLI tool
• memory/PLAYWRIGHT-TASKS.md - Task examples (create as needed)