A Visual Studio Code extension that automatically captures API requests and generates Playwright test scripts. This tool helps streamline the process of creating API tests by recording actual API calls made during application usage.
Key Sections:
Troubleshooting: The section that explains how to manually trigger the download of Chromium if the automatic download fails. This includes the npx puppeteer browsers install chrome command.
Features
🎥 API Request Capture: Automatically captures API requests made from your application
✨ Playwright Test Generation: Converts captured API calls into Playwright test scripts
🎯 Easy Configuration: Simple setup for application and API base URLs
👀 Visual Interface: Dedicated sidebar view for managing captured APIs
🔄 Start/Stop Controls: Easily control when to capture API requests
Usage
Set Up URLs:
Click the API Capture icon in the activity bar
Use "Set Application URL" to configure your application URL
Use "Set API Base URL" to configure your API base URL
Start Capturing:
Click "Start API Test" in the API Capture sidebar
Use your application as normal
API requests will be automatically captured
Stop and Generate:
Click "Stop API Test" when finished
View captured APIs in the sidebar
Generated Playwright tests will be available in your workspace
Available Commands
The extension provides the following commands:
Start API Test: Begin capturing API requests
Stop API Test: Stop capturing API requests
Delete API Log: Clear captured API logs
Set Application URL: Configure the application URL
Set API Base URL: Configure the API base URL
Release Notes
0.0.1
Initial release of Playwright API Script Generator:
