Playwright proxy integration
Playwright has first-class proxy support, so there is no extension trick or separate authenticate call. Pass a proxy object with server, username and password to launch(), and it applies across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit. You can also set the proxy per context when different pages need different IPs.
import { chromium } from "playwright";
const browser = await chromium.launch({
proxy: {
server: "http://gateway.murphyproxies.com:8000",
username: "USERNAME",
password: "PASSWORD",
},
});
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.goto("https://httpbin.org/ip");
console.log(await page.textContent("body"));
await browser.close();
// Per-context proxy (e.g. a different country per context):
// const context = await browser.newContext({
// proxy: { server: "socks5://gateway.murphyproxies.com:8000",
// username: "USERNAME", password: "PASSWORD" },
// });Setup in 5 steps
- 1Install the client with npm install playwright.
- 2Pass a proxy object (server, username, password) to chromium.launch().
- 3Point server at http://gateway.murphyproxies.com:8000, or socks5:// for SOCKS5.
- 4Open a page and navigate to an IP echo endpoint to verify the exit IP.
- 5Move the proxy onto newContext() when you need separate IPs across parallel work.
Playwright proxy questions
Everything you need to route Playwright through Murphy, from authentication to rotation.
Yes. Unlike Puppeteer, Playwright accepts username and password directly in the proxy option, so you do not need a separate authenticate step or a helper extension. It works identically across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit.
Yes. Pass a proxy object to browser.newContext() and that context uses its own IP while others keep the launch-level proxy. This is handy for testing several countries or sessions in one run.
Yes, set the server to socks5://gateway.murphyproxies.com:8000. Note that SOCKS5 with username and password is not supported for Chromium, so use the HTTP scheme when you need authenticated Chromium sessions.
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