Playwright Proxy Integration - Step-By-Step Guide

What Is Playwright?

Playwright is a modern tool for web automation and testing, created to make the work with browsers feel intuitive and flexible. It allows writing code that automates interaction with web pages, just like a user would: loading sites, clicking through links, filling out forms and gathering data automatically. Perhaps the most amazing feature of Playwright is its capability to handle multiple tabs or windows simultaneously, meaning your code can efficiently handle complex multi-page flows with no slowdowns.

Another incredible feature of Playwright is in its cross-browser compatibility. From core browsers like Chrome, Edge (Chromium-based), Firefox, to even Safari with WebKit, the software allows you to run a single set of scripts across browsers with ease. Another thing, Playwright does not bind you to a single language. Be your application in Node.js, Python, Java, or even .NET, rest assured that Playwright will integrate without problems.

Set Up Anonymous Proxies with Playwright - Step-By-Step Guide

Below, you’ll find a guide on how to get started with Playwright using Node.js and Python.

If You’re Using Node.js

To get started with Playwright in Node.js, you’ll to create a new project first and then install the Playwright package. Here’s how:

npm init -y
npm install playwright

If You’re Using Python

To use Playwright with Python, install the Playwright package using pip and then set up the necessary browsers.

pip install playwright
playwright install

Once you've completed the setup, we can move on to the next steps to integrate Anonymous Proxies with Playwright.

Step 1: Enter Proxy Details

Now, you have to fill in your proxy details like the server, username, and password that you will use with Playwright.

If you are using an authentication method, you need to enter your username and password credentials as provided in the Anonymous Proxies Dashboard. However, if your IP is whitelisted, you won’t need to enter a username or password.

Playwright works with both datacenter proxies and residential proxies, hence, you can choose between any of these.

Node.js Version

const playwright = require('playwright');

(async () => {
  const proxySettings = {
    server: 'http://5.182.102.57:34226', 
    username: 'your-username',                  
    password: 'your-password'              
  };

  const url = 'https://webscraper.io/test-sites/e-commerce/static';

  for (const browserType of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit']) {
    try {
      const browser = await playwright[browserType].launch({
        headless: true, 
        proxy: proxySettings
      });
      const context = await browser.newContext();
      const page = await context.newPage();
      await page.goto(url);
      console.log(`Title for ${browserType}:`, await page.title());
      await browser.close();
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(`Error with ${browserType}:`, error);
    }
  }
})();

Python Version

For Python, the equivalent setup looks like this:

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

def test_with_proxies(url, proxy_settings):
    with sync_playwright() as p:
        for browser_type in [p.chromium, p.firefox, p.webkit]:
            try:
                browser = browser_type.launch(
                    headless=True,              
                    proxy=proxy_settings        
                )
                context = browser.new_context()
                page = context.new_page()
                page.goto(url)
                print(f"Title for {browser_type.name}: {page.title()}")
                browser.close()
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Error with {browser_type.name}: {e}")

url = "https://webscraper.io/test-sites/e-commerce/static"
proxy_settings = {
    "server": "http://5.182.102.57:34226", 
    "username": "'your-username",                  
    "password": "'your-password"              
}

test_with_proxies(url, proxy_settings)

Step 2: Test the Setup

Now, you can run the code to verify that Playwright correctly routes through the proxy. If the setup is correct, you should see the title of the page printed in the console for each browser type.

Wrap Up

By integrating Anonymous proxies with Playwright, you will open a world of possibilities for web scraping or browser automation and be sure that you're going to have incredible privacy and security in your online activities. With Playwright, you can easily navigate sites, click buttons, fill in input fields, and scrape data even from those sites that load their content dynamically. While tools like Puppeteer and Selenium are popular choices, Playwright is the best when you need only a single tool that supports multi-browsers like Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit, with languages beyond just JavaScript/Node.js, such as Python and C#.

If you have any further questions about the integration of Anonymous proxies with Playwright, don't hesitate to contact us. For more integrations, check out our integrations page.

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Set Up Anonymous Proxies with Playwright - Step-By-Step Guide

If You’re Using Node.js

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Step 1: Enter Proxy Details

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Step 2: Test the Setup

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