Feature 2291 first class support for playwright

[f-delahaye]

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New playwright driver using Playwright java apis.
Add the karate-playwright module in your pom.xml before karate-core to enable it.

• Relevant Issues : explore adding first-class support for playwright #2291
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• Type of change :
  • New feature
  • Bug fix for existing feature
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  • Addition or Improvement of tests
  • Addition or Improvement of documentation

[ptrthomas]

@f-delahaye I've made changes to align with develop and got the build to pass. let me know if you are ok with the changes and I will merge

was able to run playwright runner locally. does it download the playwright runtime the first time ? is there a way to get that to show in the log

[f-delahaye]

@f-delahaye I've made changes to align with develop and got the build to pass. let me know if you are ok with the changes and I will merge

Sure. Thanks for fixing the build!

was able to run playwright runner locally. does it download the playwright runtime the first time ? is there a way to get that to show in the log

It does. I have added a log.
For completeness, it is possible to pass playwrightOptions.installBowsers = false to disable auto installing. playwrightOptions.channel = chrome may then be specified to tell Playwright to use the locally installed browser instead

[ptrthomas]

@f-delahaye I'm planning to post this news around to get more eyeballs on this work. do you have a social media presence beyond github you'd like to be tagged in ? if you can also get on a call so we can say hi that would be great ! please e-mail me: peter (at) karatelabs.io