📄 playwright-python/docs/api/class-consolemessage

File: class-consolemessage.md | Updated: 11/18/2025

Source: https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-consolemessage

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ConsoleMessage objects are dispatched by page via the page.on('console') event. For each console message logged in the page there will be corresponding event in the Playwright context.

// Listen for all console logspage.on('console', msg => console.log(msg.text()));// Listen for all console events and handle errorspage.on('console', msg => {  if (msg.type() === 'error')    console.log(`Error text: "${msg.text()}"`);});// Get the next console logconst msgPromise = page.waitForEvent('console');await page.evaluate(() => {  console.log('hello', 42, { foo: 'bar' });  // Issue console.log inside the page});const msg = await msgPromise;// Deconstruct console log argumentsawait msg.args()[0].jsonValue(); // helloawait msg.args()[1].jsonValue(); // 42

Methods​

args​

Added before v1.9 consoleMessage.args

List of arguments passed to a console function call. See also page.on('console') .

Usage

consoleMessage.args();

Returns

location​

Added before v1.9 consoleMessage.location

Usage

consoleMessage.location();

Returns

  • Object #

    • url string

      URL of the resource.

    • lineNumber number

      0-based line number in the resource.

    • columnNumber number

      0-based column number in the resource.

page​

Added in: v1.34 consoleMessage.page

The page that produced this console message, if any.

Usage

consoleMessage.page();

Returns

text​

Added before v1.9 consoleMessage.text

The text of the console message.

Usage

consoleMessage.text();

Returns

type​

Added before v1.9 consoleMessage.type

Usage

consoleMessage.type();

Returns

  • "log" | "debug" | "info" | "error" | "warning" | "dir" | "dirxml" | "table" | "trace" | "clear" | "startGroup" | "startGroupCollapsed" | "endGroup" | "assert" | "profile" | "profileEnd" | "count" | "timeEnd"#

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