Playwright2Colab

This mini project demonstrates how to set up and initialize Playwright in Google Colab, enabling browser automation without a local environment. It's ideal for quick testing, simple scraping, or demos.

What is Playwright?

Playwright is a browser automation library developed by Microsoft that allows you to control web browsers (such as Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit) using code.

With Playwright, you can:

• Navigate web pages automatically.
• Interact with forms, buttons, and other elements.
• Take screenshots and record videos.
• Run automated tests on websites.
• Perform web scraping.

It’s highly useful for developers, testers, and analysts who need to automate tasks on the web.

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Why use Playwright in Google Colab?

Google Colab is a cloud-based notebook environment that lets you run Python code without installing anything locally. Using Playwright in Colab makes it easy to perform quick tests and automations from anywhere, without worrying about local setup.

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How to run this notebook

1. Open this notebook in Google Colab
   You can do this from your Google Drive or by uploading the .ipynb file directly.

2. Run the cells
   Execute each cell one by one (or all at once) from top to bottom.

3. Check the result
   The last cell will display a screenshot of the automated web page (e.g., Google).

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What this notebook does

• Installs Playwright and downloads the required browsers.
• Runs an asynchronous script to launch Chromium in headless mode.
• Navigates to https://www.google.com.
• Takes a screenshot and saves it in the environment.
• Displays the resulting image directly in the notebook.

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Requirements

• Google Colab
• Internet connection (to download libraries and access the web)

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Important notes

• Playwright uses an asynchronous API that is compatible with the Colab runtime.