BrowserContexts provide a way to operate multiple independent browser sessions.
If a page opens another page, e.g. with a window.open
call, the popup will belong to the parent page's browser context.
Playwright allows creating isolated non-persistent browser contexts with Browser.newContext() method. Non-persistent browser contexts don't write any browsing data to disk.
BrowserContext context = browser.newContext();
Page page = context.newPage();
page.navigate("https://example.com");
context.close();
Methods addCookiesAdded before v1.9 browserContext.addCookies
Adds cookies into this browser context. All pages within this context will have these cookies installed. Cookies can be obtained via BrowserContext.cookies().
Usage
browserContext.addCookies(Arrays.asList(cookieObject1, cookieObject2));
Arguments
cookies
List<Cookie
>#
setName
String
setValue
String
setUrl
String (optional)
Either url or domain / path are required. Optional.
setDomain
String (optional)
For the cookie to apply to all subdomains as well, prefix domain with a dot, like this: ".example.com". Either url or domain / path are required. Optional.
setPath
String (optional)
Either url or domain / path are required Optional.
setExpires
double (optional)
Unix time in seconds. Optional.
setHttpOnly
boolean (optional)
Optional.
setSecure
boolean (optional)
Optional.
setSameSite
enum SameSiteAttribute { STRICT, LAX, NONE }
(optional)
Optional.
setPartitionKey
String (optional)
For partitioned third-party cookies (aka CHIPS), the partition key. Optional.
Returns
addInitScriptAdded before v1.9 browserContext.addInitScriptAdds a script which would be evaluated in one of the following scenarios:
The script is evaluated after the document was created but before any of its scripts were run. This is useful to amend the JavaScript environment, e.g. to seed Math.random
.
Usage
An example of overriding Math.random
before the page loads:
browserContext.addInitScript(Paths.get("preload.js"));
Arguments
Returns
backgroundPagesAdded in: v1.11 browserContext.backgroundPagesnote
Background pages are only supported on Chromium-based browsers.
All existing background pages in the context.
Usage
BrowserContext.backgroundPages();
Returns
browserAdded before v1.9 browserContext.browserGets the browser instance that owns the context. Returns null
if the context is created outside of normal browser, e.g. Android or Electron.
Usage
BrowserContext.browser();
Returns
clearCookiesAdded before v1.9 browserContext.clearCookiesRemoves cookies from context. Accepts optional filter.
Usage
context.clearCookies();
context.clearCookies(new BrowserContext.ClearCookiesOptions().setName("session-id"));
context.clearCookies(new BrowserContext.ClearCookiesOptions().setDomain("my-origin.com"));
context.clearCookies(new BrowserContext.ClearCookiesOptions().setPath("/api/v1"));
context.clearCookies(new BrowserContext.ClearCookiesOptions()
.setName("session-id")
.setDomain("my-origin.com"));
Arguments
options
BrowserContext.ClearCookiesOptions
(optional)
Returns
clearPermissionsAdded before v1.9 browserContext.clearPermissionsClears all permission overrides for the browser context.
Usage
BrowserContext context = browser.newContext();
context.grantPermissions(Arrays.asList("clipboard-read"));
context.clearPermissions();
Returns
closeAdded before v1.9 browserContext.closeCloses the browser context. All the pages that belong to the browser context will be closed.
note
The default browser context cannot be closed.
Usage
BrowserContext.close();
BrowserContext.close(options);
Arguments
options
BrowserContext.CloseOptions
(optional)
Returns
cookiesAdded before v1.9 browserContext.cookiesIf no URLs are specified, this method returns all cookies. If URLs are specified, only cookies that affect those URLs are returned.
Usage
BrowserContext.cookies();
BrowserContext.cookies(urls);
Arguments
Returns
exposeBindingAdded before v1.9 browserContext.exposeBindingThe method adds a function called name on the window
object of every frame in every page in the context. When called, the function executes callback and returns a Promise which resolves to the return value of callback. If the callback returns a Promise, it will be awaited.
The first argument of the callback function contains information about the caller: { browserContext: BrowserContext, page: Page, frame: Frame }
.
See Page.exposeBinding() for page-only version.
Usage
An example of exposing page URL to all frames in all pages in the context:
import com.microsoft.playwright.*;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (Playwright playwright = Playwright.create()) {
BrowserType webkit = playwright.webkit();
Browser browser = webkit.launch(new BrowserType.LaunchOptions().setHeadless(false));
BrowserContext context = browser.newContext();
context.exposeBinding("pageURL", (source, args) -> source.page().url());
Page page = context.newPage();
page.setContent("<script>\n" +
" async function onClick() {\n" +
" document.querySelector('div').textContent = await window.pageURL();\n" +
" }\n" +
"</script>\n" +
"<button onclick=\"onClick()\">Click me</button>\n" +
"<div></div>");
page.getByRole(AriaRole.BUTTON).click();
}
}
}
Arguments
Name of the function on the window object.
callback
BindingCallback
#
Callback function that will be called in the Playwright's context.
options
BrowserContext.ExposeBindingOptions
(optional)
Returns
exposeFunctionAdded before v1.9 browserContext.exposeFunctionThe method adds a function called name on the window
object of every frame in every page in the context. When called, the function executes callback and returns a Promise which resolves to the return value of callback.
If the callback returns a Promise, it will be awaited.
See Page.exposeFunction() for page-only version.
Usage
An example of adding a sha256
function to all pages in the context:
import com.microsoft.playwright.*;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.util.Base64;
public class Example {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try (Playwright playwright = Playwright.create()) {
BrowserType webkit = playwright.webkit();
Browser browser = webkit.launch(new BrowserType.LaunchOptions().setHeadless(false));
BrowserContext context = browser.newContext();
context.exposeFunction("sha256", args -> {
String text = (String) args[0];
MessageDigest crypto;
try {
crypto = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA-256");
} catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
return null;
}
byte[] token = crypto.digest(text.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(token);
});
Page page = context.newPage();
page.setContent("<script>\n" +
" async function onClick() {\n" +
" document.querySelector('div').textContent = await window.sha256('PLAYWRIGHT');\n" +
" }\n" +
"</script>\n" +
"<button onclick=\"onClick()\">Click me</button>\n" +
"<div></div>\n");
page.getByRole(AriaRole.BUTTON).click();
}
}
}
Arguments
Name of the function on the window object.
callback
FunctionCallback
#
Callback function that will be called in the Playwright's context.
Returns
grantPermissionsAdded before v1.9 browserContext.grantPermissionsGrants specified permissions to the browser context. Only grants corresponding permissions to the given origin if specified.
Usage
BrowserContext.grantPermissions(permissions);
BrowserContext.grantPermissions(permissions, options);
Arguments
A list of permissions to grant.
danger
Supported permissions differ between browsers, and even between different versions of the same browser. Any permission may stop working after an update.
Here are some permissions that may be supported by some browsers:
'accelerometer'
'ambient-light-sensor'
'background-sync'
'camera'
'clipboard-read'
'clipboard-write'
'geolocation'
'gyroscope'
'magnetometer'
'microphone'
'midi-sysex'
(system-exclusive midi)'midi'
'notifications'
'payment-handler'
'storage-access'
'local-fonts'
options
BrowserContext.GrantPermissionsOptions
(optional)
The origin to grant permissions to, e.g. "https://example.com".
Returns
newCDPSessionAdded in: v1.11 browserContext.newCDPSessionnote
CDP sessions are only supported on Chromium-based browsers.
Returns the newly created session.
Usage
BrowserContext.newCDPSession(page);
Arguments
Target to create new session for. For backwards-compatibility, this parameter is named page
, but it can be a Page
or Frame
type.
Returns
newPageAdded before v1.9 browserContext.newPageCreates a new page in the browser context.
Usage
BrowserContext.newPage();
Returns
pagesAdded before v1.9 browserContext.pagesReturns all open pages in the context.
Usage
Returns
routeAdded before v1.9 browserContext.routeRouting provides the capability to modify network requests that are made by any page in the browser context. Once route is enabled, every request matching the url pattern will stall unless it's continued, fulfilled or aborted.
Usage
An example of a naive handler that aborts all image requests:
BrowserContext context = browser.newContext();
context.route("**/*.{png,jpg,jpeg}", route -> route.abort());
Page page = context.newPage();
page.navigate("https://example.com");
browser.close();
or the same snippet using a regex pattern instead:
BrowserContext context = browser.newContext();
context.route(Pattern.compile("(\\.png$)|(\\.jpg$)"), route -> route.abort());
Page page = context.newPage();
page.navigate("https://example.com");
browser.close();
It is possible to examine the request to decide the route action. For example, mocking all requests that contain some post data, and leaving all other requests as is:
context.route("/api/**", route -> {
if (route.request().postData().contains("my-string"))
route.fulfill(new Route.FulfillOptions().setBody("mocked-data"));
else
route.resume();
});
Page routes (set up with Page.route()) take precedence over browser context routes when request matches both handlers.
To remove a route with its handler you can use BrowserContext.unroute().
note
Enabling routing disables http cache.
Arguments
url
String | Pattern | Predicate<String>#
A glob pattern, regex pattern, or predicate that receives a [URL] to match during routing. If setBaseURL is set in the context options and the provided URL is a string that does not start with *
, it is resolved using the new URL()
constructor.
handler function to route the request.
options
BrowserContext.RouteOptions
(optional)
Returns
routeFromHARAdded in: v1.23 browserContext.routeFromHARIf specified the network requests that are made in the context will be served from the HAR file. Read more about Replaying from HAR.
Playwright will not serve requests intercepted by Service Worker from the HAR file. See this issue. We recommend disabling Service Workers when using request interception by setting setServiceWorkers to 'block'
.
Usage
BrowserContext.routeFromHAR(har);
BrowserContext.routeFromHAR(har, options);
Arguments
Path to a HAR file with prerecorded network data. If path
is a relative path, then it is resolved relative to the current working directory.
options
BrowserContext.RouteFromHAROptions
(optional)
setNotFound
enum HarNotFound { ABORT, FALLBACK }
(optional)#
Defaults to abort.
If specified, updates the given HAR with the actual network information instead of serving from file. The file is written to disk when BrowserContext.close() is called.
setUpdateContent
enum RouteFromHarUpdateContentPolicy { EMBED, ATTACH }
(optional) Added in: v1.32#
Optional setting to control resource content management. If attach
is specified, resources are persisted as separate files or entries in the ZIP archive. If embed
is specified, content is stored inline the HAR file.
setUpdateMode
enum HarMode { FULL, MINIMAL }
(optional) Added in: v1.32#
When set to minimal
, only record information necessary for routing from HAR. This omits sizes, timing, page, cookies, security and other types of HAR information that are not used when replaying from HAR. Defaults to minimal
.
setUrl
String | Pattern (optional)#
A glob pattern, regular expression or predicate to match the request URL. Only requests with URL matching the pattern will be served from the HAR file. If not specified, all requests are served from the HAR file.
Returns
routeWebSocketAdded in: v1.48 browserContext.routeWebSocketThis method allows to modify websocket connections that are made by any page in the browser context.
Note that only WebSocket
s created after this method was called will be routed. It is recommended to call this method before creating any pages.
Usage
Below is an example of a simple handler that blocks some websocket messages. See WebSocketRoute for more details and examples.
context.routeWebSocket("/ws", ws -> {
ws.routeSend(message -> {
if ("to-be-blocked".equals(message))
return;
ws.send(message);
});
ws.connect();
});
Arguments
url
String | Pattern | Predicate<String>#
Only WebSockets with the url matching this pattern will be routed. A string pattern can be relative to the setBaseURL context option.
handler
Consumer<WebSocketRoute>#
Handler function to route the WebSocket.
Returns
setDefaultNavigationTimeoutAdded before v1.9 browserContext.setDefaultNavigationTimeoutThis setting will change the default maximum navigation time for the following methods and related shortcuts:
Usage
BrowserContext.setDefaultNavigationTimeout(timeout);
Arguments
setDefaultTimeoutAdded before v1.9 browserContext.setDefaultTimeoutThis setting will change the default maximum time for all the methods accepting timeout option.
Usage
BrowserContext.setDefaultTimeout(timeout);
Arguments
Added before v1.9 browserContext.setExtraHTTPHeadersThe extra HTTP headers will be sent with every request initiated by any page in the context. These headers are merged with page-specific extra HTTP headers set with Page.setExtraHTTPHeaders(). If page overrides a particular header, page-specific header value will be used instead of the browser context header value.
Usage
BrowserContext.setExtraHTTPHeaders(headers);
Arguments
An object containing additional HTTP headers to be sent with every request. All header values must be strings.
Returns
setGeolocationAdded before v1.9 browserContext.setGeolocationSets the context's geolocation. Passing null
or undefined
emulates position unavailable.
Usage
browserContext.setGeolocation(new Geolocation(59.95, 30.31667));
Arguments
Returns
setOfflineAdded before v1.9 browserContext.setOfflineUsage
BrowserContext.setOffline(offline);
Arguments
Returns
storageStateAdded before v1.9 browserContext.storageStateReturns storage state for this browser context, contains current cookies, local storage snapshot and IndexedDB snapshot.
Usage
BrowserContext.storageState();
BrowserContext.storageState(options);
Arguments
options
BrowserContext.StorageStateOptions
(optional)
setIndexedDB
boolean (optional) Added in: v1.51#
Set to true
to include IndexedDB in the storage state snapshot. If your application uses IndexedDB to store authentication tokens, like Firebase Authentication, enable this.
The file path to save the storage state to. If setPath is a relative path, then it is resolved relative to current working directory. If no path is provided, storage state is still returned, but won't be saved to the disk.
Returns
unrouteAdded before v1.9 browserContext.unrouteRemoves a route created with BrowserContext.route(). When handler is not specified, removes all routes for the url.
Usage
BrowserContext.unroute(url);
BrowserContext.unroute(url, handler);
Arguments
url
String | Pattern | Predicate<String>#
A glob pattern, regex pattern or predicate receiving [URL] used to register a routing with BrowserContext.route().
handler
Consumer<Route> (optional)#
Optional handler function used to register a routing with BrowserContext.route().
Returns
unrouteAllAdded in: v1.41 browserContext.unrouteAllRemoves all routes created with BrowserContext.route() and BrowserContext.routeFromHAR().
Usage
BrowserContext.unrouteAll();
Returns
waitForConditionAdded in: v1.32 browserContext.waitForConditionThe method will block until the condition returns true. All Playwright events will be dispatched while the method is waiting for the condition.
Usage
Use the method to wait for a condition that depends on page events:
List<String> failedUrls = new ArrayList<>();
context.onResponse(response -> {
if (!response.ok()) {
failedUrls.add(response.url());
}
});
page1.getByText("Create user").click();
page2.getByText("Submit button").click();
context.waitForCondition(() -> failedUrls.size() > 3);
Arguments
condition
[BooleanSupplier]#
Condition to wait for.
options
BrowserContext.WaitForConditionOptions
(optional)
Maximum time to wait for in milliseconds. Defaults to 30000
(30 seconds). Pass 0
to disable timeout. The default value can be changed by using the BrowserContext.setDefaultTimeout() or Page.setDefaultTimeout() methods.
Returns
waitForConsoleMessageAdded in: v1.34 browserContext.waitForConsoleMessagePerforms action and waits for a ConsoleMessage to be logged by in the pages in the context. If predicate is provided, it passes ConsoleMessage value into the predicate
function and waits for predicate(message)
to return a truthy value. Will throw an error if the page is closed before the BrowserContext.onConsoleMessage(handler) event is fired.
Usage
BrowserContext.waitForConsoleMessage(callback);
BrowserContext.waitForConsoleMessage(callback, options);
Arguments
options
BrowserContext.WaitForConsoleMessageOptions
(optional)
setPredicate
Predicate<ConsoleMessage> (optional)#
Receives the ConsoleMessage object and resolves to truthy value when the waiting should resolve.
Maximum time to wait for in milliseconds. Defaults to 30000
(30 seconds). Pass 0
to disable timeout. The default value can be changed by using the BrowserContext.setDefaultTimeout().
Callback that performs the action triggering the event.
Returns
waitForPageAdded in: v1.9 browserContext.waitForPagePerforms action and waits for a new Page to be created in the context. If predicate is provided, it passes Page value into the predicate
function and waits for predicate(event)
to return a truthy value. Will throw an error if the context closes before new Page is created.
Usage
BrowserContext.waitForPage(callback);
BrowserContext.waitForPage(callback, options);
Arguments
options
BrowserContext.WaitForPageOptions
(optional)
setPredicate
Predicate<Page> (optional)#
Receives the Page object and resolves to truthy value when the waiting should resolve.
Maximum time to wait for in milliseconds. Defaults to 30000
(30 seconds). Pass 0
to disable timeout. The default value can be changed by using the BrowserContext.setDefaultTimeout().
Callback that performs the action triggering the event.
Returns
Properties clock()Added in: v1.45 browserContext.clock()Playwright has ability to mock clock and passage of time.
Usage
Returns
request()Added in: v1.16 browserContext.request()API testing helper associated with this context. Requests made with this API will use context cookies.
Usage
Returns
tracing()Added in: v1.12 browserContext.tracing()Usage
Returns
Events onBackgroundPage(handler)Added in: v1.11 browserContext.onBackgroundPage(handler)note
Only works with Chromium browser's persistent context.
Emitted when new background page is created in the context.
context.onBackgroundPage(backgroundPage -> {
System.out.println(backgroundPage.url());
});
Usage
BrowserContext.onBackgroundPage(handler)
Event data
onClose(handler)Added before v1.9 browserContext.onClose(handler)Emitted when Browser context gets closed. This might happen because of one of the following:
Usage
BrowserContext.onClose(handler)
Event data
onConsoleMessage(handler)Added in: v1.34 browserContext.onConsoleMessage(handler)Emitted when JavaScript within the page calls one of console API methods, e.g. console.log
or console.dir
.
The arguments passed into console.log
and the page are available on the ConsoleMessage event handler argument.
Usage
context.onConsoleMessage(msg -> {
for (int i = 0; i < msg.args().size(); ++i)
System.out.println(i + ": " + msg.args().get(i).jsonValue());
});
page.evaluate("() => console.log('hello', 5, { foo: 'bar' })");
Event data
onDialog(handler)Added in: v1.34 browserContext.onDialog(handler)Emitted when a JavaScript dialog appears, such as alert
, prompt
, confirm
or beforeunload
. Listener must either Dialog.accept() or Dialog.dismiss() the dialog - otherwise the page will freeze waiting for the dialog, and actions like click will never finish.
Usage
context.onDialog(dialog -> {
dialog.accept();
});
Event data
onPage(handler)Added before v1.9 browserContext.onPage(handler)The event is emitted when a new Page is created in the BrowserContext. The page may still be loading. The event will also fire for popup pages. See also Page.onPopup(handler) to receive events about popups relevant to a specific page.
The earliest moment that page is available is when it has navigated to the initial url. For example, when opening a popup with window.open('http://example.com')
, this event will fire when the network request to "http://example.com" is done and its response has started loading in the popup. If you would like to route/listen to this network request, use BrowserContext.route() and BrowserContext.onRequest(handler) respectively instead of similar methods on the Page.
Page newPage = context.waitForPage(() -> {
page.getByText("open new page").click();
});
System.out.println(newPage.evaluate("location.href"));
note
Use Page.waitForLoadState() to wait until the page gets to a particular state (you should not need it in most cases).
Usage
BrowserContext.onPage(handler)
Event data
onRequest(handler)Added in: v1.12 browserContext.onRequest(handler)Emitted when a request is issued from any pages created through this context. The request object is read-only. To only listen for requests from a particular page, use Page.onRequest(handler).
In order to intercept and mutate requests, see BrowserContext.route() or Page.route().
Usage
BrowserContext.onRequest(handler)
Event data
onRequestFailed(handler)Added in: v1.12 browserContext.onRequestFailed(handler)Emitted when a request fails, for example by timing out. To only listen for failed requests from a particular page, use Page.onRequestFailed(handler).
Usage
BrowserContext.onRequestFailed(handler)
Event data
onRequestFinished(handler)Added in: v1.12 browserContext.onRequestFinished(handler)Emitted when a request finishes successfully after downloading the response body. For a successful response, the sequence of events is request
, response
and requestfinished
. To listen for successful requests from a particular page, use Page.onRequestFinished(handler).
Usage
BrowserContext.onRequestFinished(handler)
Event data
onResponse(handler)Added in: v1.12 browserContext.onResponse(handler)Emitted when response status and headers are received for a request. For a successful response, the sequence of events is request
, response
and requestfinished
. To listen for response events from a particular page, use Page.onResponse(handler).
Usage
BrowserContext.onResponse(handler)
Event data
onWebError(handler)Added in: v1.38 browserContext.onWebError(handler)Emitted when exception is unhandled in any of the pages in this context. To listen for errors from a particular page, use Page.onPageError(handler) instead.
Usage
BrowserContext.onWebError(handler)
Event data
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