Playwright is a web automation framework provided by Microsoft, similar to Selenium. We can use these web automation frameworks to scrape (extract) data from a website. Sometimes we have to use a proxy to bypass blocking from a website.

What is Playwright?

Playwright is a web autotest (automation) framework provided by Microsoft. It is similar to Selenium.

We may use these web automation frameworks to scrape (extract) data from a website. Sometimes, we have to use a proxy to bypass blocking from a website. The source code below shows how to use a proxy for Playwright.

Using a Proxy with Playwright

Pass the proxy configuration (server address, username, and password) directly to the launch() call:

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.webkit.launch(
        headless=False,
        proxy={
            "server": "server-address:port",
            "username": "My_user",
            "password": "My_password",
        },
    )
    context = browser.new_context()
    page = context.new_page()
    page.goto("https://whoer.net")
    page.screenshot(path="whoer.png")
    browser.close()
  • Replace server-address:port with your proxy server’s host and port.
  • Replace My_user and My_password with your proxy credentials.
  • The screenshot saved as whoer.png lets you verify the proxy IP is being used correctly.

Installing Playwright

If you haven’t installed Playwright yet:

pip install playwright
playwright install

If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact me.

Good luck!

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