Playwright allows overriding various parameters of the device where the browser is running:
- viewport size, device scale factor, touch support
- locale, timezone
- color scheme
- geolocation
- etc
Most of these parameters are configured during the browser context construction, but some of them such as viewport size can be changed for individual pages.
const context = await browser.newContext({
userAgent: 'My user agent'
});
All pages created in the context above will share the user agent specified.
Create a context with custom viewport size:
const context = await browser.newContext({
viewport: {
width: 1280,
height: 1024
}
});
Resize viewport for individual pages:
await page.setViewportSize({ 'width': 1600, 'height': 1200 });
Emulate desktop device with the high-DPI screen and touch support:
const context = await browser.newContext({
viewport: {
width: 2560,
height: 1440,
},
deviceScaleFactor: 2,
hasTouch: true
});
Create device with the dark color scheme:
const context = await browser.newContext({
colorScheme: 'dark'
});
Change color scheme for individual pages:
await page.emulateMedia({ colorScheme: 'dark' });
Playwright comes with a registry of device parameters for selected mobile devices. It can be used to simulate browser behavior on a mobile device:
const { chromium, devices } = require('playwright');
const browser = await chromium.launch();
const pixel2 = devices['Pixel 2'];
const context = await browser.newContext({
...pixel2,
});
All pages created in the context above will share the same device parameters.
const context = await browser.newContext({
locale: 'de-DE',
timezoneId: 'Europe/Berlin',
});
Allow all pages in the context to show system notifications:
const context = await browser.newContext({
permissions: ['notifications'],
});
Grant all pages in the existing context access to current location:
await context.grantPermissions(['geolocation']);
Grant notifications access from a specific domain:
await context.grantPermissions(['notifications'], {origin: 'https://skype.com'} );
Revoke all permissions:
await context.clearPermissions();
browser.newContext([options])
browserContext.grantPermissions(permissions[][, options])
browserContext.clearPermissions()
Create a context with "geolocation"
permissions granted:
const context = await browser.newContext({
geolocation: { longitude: 48.858455, latitude: 2.294474 },
permissions: ['geolocation']
});
Change the location later:
await context.setGeolocation({ longitude: 29.979097, latitude: 31.134256 };
Note you can only change geolocation for all pages in the context.