Python 3.13.0 : ... playwright - part 001.

Playwright for Python is a modern automation library that allows developers to control browsers like Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. It is widely used for testing, scraping, and simulating real user interactions.

The package provides an asynchronous API, enabling fast and reliable automation. Developers can launch browsers, navigate to pages, fill forms, click buttons, and capture results with minimal code.

In practice, Playwright is useful for tasks such as automated testing, repetitive searches, data collection, and simulating human-like browsing behavior across multiple browsers.

The example script demonstrates how to open Firefox, navigate to Google, perform a series of searches, scroll the page, and pause between actions to mimic natural user activity.

Additionally, the script saves each search query into a text file, creating a simple log of performed searches. This shows how Playwright can combine browser automation with file handling for practical workflows.

I used the pip tool then I install the playwright:

pip install playwright
playwright install

Let's see the script:

import asyncio
from playwright.async_api import async_playwright

async def main():
    async with async_playwright() as p:
        browser = await p.firefox.launch(headless=False)
        context = await browser.new_context()
        page = await context.new_page()

        await page.goto("https://www.google.com")

        queries = [
            "python automation",
            "playwright tutorial",
            "google search automation"
        ]

        with open("results.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
            for q in queries:
                # Fill search box
                await page.fill("textarea[name='q']", q)
                await page.press("textarea[name='q']", "Enter")
                await page.wait_for_load_state("domcontentloaded")

                # Scroll + pause
                await page.evaluate("window.scrollBy(0, document.body.scrollHeight)")
                await page.wait_for_timeout(3000)

                # Extract search results (titles + links)
                results = await page.query_selector_all("h3")
                f.write(f"\nResults for: {q}\n")
                for r in results[:5]:  # primele 5 rezultate
                    title = await r.inner_text()
                    link_el = await r.evaluate_handle("node => node.parentElement")
                    link = await link_el.get_attribute("href")
                    f.write(f"- {title} ({link})\n")

                print(f"Saved results for: {q}")

        await browser.close()

asyncio.run(main())

Then I run with this command:

python google_search_test_001.py
Saved results for: python automation
Saved results for: playwright tutorial
Saved results for: google search automation

Need to click to accept on browser ... , and some basic result on results.txt file:

Results for: python automation

Results for: playwright tutorial
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