An independent browser session, for example, an incognito mode, can be called a browser context. In this article, we will be seeing what a browser fixture and context are and how it can be done in playwright.
const {test, expect} = require('@playwright/test');
test('testing', async ({browser})=>
{
//
});- A browser is a fixture that must be imported into the async function within the curly bracket to use the browser object and play around with it.
const {test, expect} = require('@playwright/test');
test('testing', async ({browser})=>
{
const context = await browser.newContext();
});- newContext() creates new incognito browser context.
- It doesn't write any browser data nor contains any cookies related to the previous test.
- We can call it starting fresh.
const {test, expect} = require('@playwright/test');
test('testing', async ({browser})=>
{
const context = await browser.newContext();
const page = await context.newPage();
});- newContext() opens just a new browser and not a page. We have to do it one by one.
- newPage() opens up new page after opening browser.
const {test, expect} = require('@playwright/test');
test('testing', async ({browser})=>
{
const context = await browser.newContext();
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('https://programsbuzz.com');
});- Now using goto(), we can navigate different sites and continue our automation.
const {test, expect} = require('@playwright/test');
test('testing', async ({browser})=>
{
const context = await browser.newContext();
const page = await context.newPage();
await page.goto('https://programsbuzz.com');
await context.close();
});- Using close(), we can close the context once it is no longer needed.