playwright-cli

# Browser Automation with playwright-cli ## Quick start ```bash # open new browser playwright-cli open # navigate to a page playwright-cli goto https://playwright.dev # interact with the page using refs from the snapshot playwright-cli click e15 playwright-cli type "page.click" playwright-cli press Enter # take a screenshot (rarely used, as snapshot is more common) playwright-cli screenshot # close the browser playwright-cli close ``` ## How interaction refs work After every command, playwright-cli emits a snapshot file (`.playwright-cli/page-*.yml`). Element refs (`e3`, `e7`, `e15`) come from that snapshot, read it before the next interactive command. Use `playwright-cli snapshot` to refresh on demand. ```bash > playwright-cli goto https://example.com ### Page - Page URL: https://example.com/ - Page Title: Example Domain ### Snapshot [Snapshot](.playwright-cli/page-2026-02-14T19-22-42-679Z.yml) ``` If `--filename` is not provided, a new snapshot file is created with a timestamp. Default to automatic file naming; use `--filename=` when the artifact is part of the workflow result. ## Local installation fallback If running globally-available `playwright-cli` fails, prefix with `npx`: ```bash npx playwright-cli open https://example.com npx playwright-cli click e1 ``` ## Browser sessions Use `-s=<name>` to run multiple parallel sessions: ```bash playwright-cli -s=mysession open example.com --persistent playwright-cli -s=mysession click e6 playwright-cli -s=mysession c...