Learn how to set up the Playwright APIRequestContext, authentication persistence with Playwright and how to integrate Playwright testing with CircleCI.

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CircleCI

Playwright's APIRequestContext enables developers to combine API and UI testing in a single test suite, making tests faster and more reliable. The tutorial covers setting up APIRequestContext with a baseURL configuration, sending HTTP requests directly in tests, persisting authenticated state across test runs using storage state files, and automating the entire testing process through CircleCI pipelines. This approach eliminates redundant UI interactions for tasks like authentication, allowing tests to use API calls for setup while focusing UI tests on actual user interface validation.

API testing with Playwright

Setting up Playwright’s APIRequestContext