Use proxies with Playwright

Learn how to set up residential and mobile proxies for test automation with Playwright.

1. To use Playwright and set up your proxies you need to paste this code example

    const playwright = require('@playwright/test');
    const launchOptions = {
        proxy: {
            server: 'proxy.froxy.com:9000',
            username: 'login',
            password: 'password'
        }
    };
    (async () => {
        const defaultBrowser = await playwright['chromium'].launch({});
        const context = await defaultBrowser.newContext();
        const page = await context.newPage();
        await page.goto('https://froxy.com/api/detect-ip');
        console.log('chromium without proxy:', await page.textContent("*"));
        await defaultBrowser.close();
   
        for (const browserType of ['chromium', 'firefox', 'webkit']) {
            const browser = await playwright[browserType].launch(launchOptions);
            const context = await browser.newContext();
            const page = await context.newPage();
            try {
                await page.goto('https://froxy.com/api/detect-ip');
                console.log(`${browserType} with proxy:`, await page.textContent("*"));
            } catch (e) {
                console.log(e);
            }
            await browser.close();
        }
    })();

2. Please, add proxy config in playwright.config.ts use section
3. You can get all information concerning server/port, login and password in your Froxy Dashboard