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

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

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

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Playwright module provides a method to launch a browser instance. The following is a typical example of using Playwright to drive automation:

const { chromium, firefox, webkit } = require('playwright');(async () => {  const browser = await chromium.launch();  // Or 'firefox' or 'webkit'.  const page = await browser.newPage();  await page.goto('http://example.com');  // other actions...  await browser.close();})();

Properties​

chromium​

Added before v1.9 playwright.chromium

This object can be used to launch or connect to Chromium, returning instances of Browser .

Usage

playwright.chromium

Type

devices​

Added before v1.9 playwright.devices

Returns a dictionary of devices to be used with browser.newContext() or browser.newPage() .

const { webkit, devices } = require('playwright');const iPhone = devices['iPhone 6'];(async () => {  const browser = await webkit.launch();  const context = await browser.newContext({    ...iPhone  });  const page = await context.newPage();  await page.goto('http://example.com');  // other actions...  await browser.close();})();

Usage

playwright.devices

Type

errors​

Added before v1.9 playwright.errors

Playwright methods might throw errors if they are unable to fulfill a request. For example, locator.waitFor() might fail if the selector doesn't match any nodes during the given timeframe.

For certain types of errors Playwright uses specific error classes. These classes are available via playwright.errors .

An example of handling a timeout error:

try {  await page.locator('.foo').waitFor();} catch (e) {  if (e instanceof playwright.errors.TimeoutError) {    // Do something if this is a timeout.  }}

Usage

playwright.errors

Type

firefox​

Added before v1.9 playwright.firefox

This object can be used to launch or connect to Firefox, returning instances of Browser .

Usage

playwright.firefox

Type

request​

Added in: v1.16 playwright.request

Exposes API that can be used for the Web API testing.

Usage

playwright.request

Type

selectors​

Added before v1.9 playwright.selectors

Selectors can be used to install custom selector engines. See extensibility for more information.

Usage

playwright.selectors

Type

webkit​

Added before v1.9 playwright.webkit

This object can be used to launch or connect to WebKit, returning instances of Browser .

Usage

playwright.webkit

Type