Mastering Playwright: Effortless Custom User Agent Integration

The previous article detailed the process for modifying the user agent specifically for tests. However, it did not address how to alter the user agent globally within Playwright.

To update the global user agent in Playwright, refer to the following code snippet. Please adapt your global setup function using this as a guide:

 const config = GlobalConfiguration.getInstance({}),
    browser = await config.getConfig().getBrowser(),
    context = await browser.newContext({
      ...config.getPlaywrightConfig().use,
      userAgent: 'made-up-user-agent',
    });
 await context.tracing.start({ screenshots: true, snapshots: true });
 const page = await context.newPage();
  await context.tracing.stop({
    path: './<trace-file-name>.zip',
  });
  await browser.close();