Usage

use exactly the same as Playwright, only in watch mode

npx playwright-watch test

Note: There is a peer dependency on playwright.

Or you can install locally

yarn add playwright-watch -D

#or

npm install playwright-watch --save-dev

Add script to your package.json

{
  "test:watch": "playwright-watch test"
}

or

{
  "test": "playwright test",
  "test:watch": "playwright-watch exec yarn test"
}

CLI Details

run npx playwright-watch --help to see more details.

🙈 playwright-watch

🐵 Run Playwright in watch mode

Commands:
  playwright-watch <commands..>       Use the same as Playwright but under watch
                                      (e.g. playwright-watch test)     [default]
  playwright-watch exec <commands..>  Run commands when changes are detected
                                      (e.g. playwright-watch exec yarn test)

Options:
  -h, --help     Show help                                             [boolean]
  -v, --version  Show version number                                   [boolean]
  -c, --config   Configuration file of Playwright (default:
                 playwright.config.js), the `testMatch` prop will be watch path
                 (default: `.*(test|spec).(js|ts|mjs)`).

Examples:
  playwright-watch test
  playwright-watch test --config tests/playwright.config.js

  playwright-watch exec yarn playwright test
  playwright-watch exec yarn run test:e2e
  playwright-watch exec echo changed

Author

Yoki Yu (iamyoki)