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

Source: https://playwright.dev/java/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:

import com.microsoft.playwright.*;public class Example {  public static void main(String[] args) {    try (Playwright playwright = Playwright.create()) {      BrowserType chromium = playwright.chromium();      Browser browser = chromium.launch();      Page page = browser.newPage();      page.navigate("http://example.com");      // other actions...      browser.close();    }  }}

Methods​

close​

Added in: v1.9 playwright.close

Terminates this instance of Playwright, will also close all created browsers if they are still running.

Usage

Playwright.close();

create​

Added in: v1.10 playwright.create

Launches new Playwright driver process and connects to it. Playwright.close() should be called when the instance is no longer needed.

Playwright playwright = Playwright.create();Browser browser = playwright.webkit().launch();Page page = browser.newPage();page.navigate("https://www.w3.org/");playwright.close();

Usage

Playwright.create();Playwright.create(options);

Arguments

  • options Playwright.CreateOptions (optional)

    • setEnv Map <String , String > (optional) Added in: v1.13#

      Additional environment variables that will be passed to the driver process. By default driver process inherits environment variables of the Playwright process.

Returns

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()

Returns

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()

Returns

request()​

Added in: v1.16 playwright.request()

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

Usage

Playwright.request()

Returns

selectors()​

Added before v1.9 playwright.selectors()

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

Usage

Playwright.selectors()

Returns

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()

Returns