pom.md

id	title
pom	Page object models

Introduction

Large test suites can be structured to optimize ease of authoring and maintenance. Page object models are one such approach to structure your test suite.

A page object represents a part of your web application. An e-commerce web application might have a home page, a listings page and a checkout page. Each of them can be represented by page object models.

Page objects simplify authoring by creating a higher-level API which suits your application and simplify maintenance by capturing element selectors in one place and create reusable code to avoid repetition.

Implementation

• langs: js

We will create a PlaywrightDevPage helper class to encapsulate common operations on the playwright.dev page. Internally, it will use the page object.

import { expect, type Locator, type Page } from '@playwright/test';

export class PlaywrightDevPage {
  readonly page: Page;
  readonly getStartedLink: Locator;
  readonly gettingStartedHeader: Locator;
  readonly pomLink: Locator;
  readonly tocList: Locator;

  constructor(page: Page) {
    this.page = page;
    this.getStartedLink = page.locator('a', { hasText: 'Get started' });
    this.gettingStartedHeader = page.locator('h1', { hasText: 'Installation' });
    this.pomLink = page.locator('li', {
      hasText: 'Guides',
    }).locator('a', {
      hasText: 'Page Object Model',
    });
    this.tocList = page.locator('article div.markdown ul > li > a');
  }

  async goto() {
    await this.page.goto('https://playwright.dev');
  }

  async getStarted() {
    await this.getStartedLink.first().click();
    await expect(this.gettingStartedHeader).toBeVisible();
  }

  async pageObjectModel() {
    await this.getStarted();
    await this.pomLink.click();
  }
}

class PlaywrightDevPage {
  /**
   * @param {import('playwright').Page} page
   */
  constructor(page) {
    this.page = page;
    this.getStartedLink = page.locator('a', { hasText: 'Get started' });
    this.gettingStartedHeader = page.locator('h1', { hasText: 'Installation' });
    this.pomLink = page.locator('li', {
      hasText: 'Playwright Test',
    }).locator('a', {
      hasText: 'Page Object Model',
    });
    this.tocList = page.locator('article div.markdown ul > li > a');
  }
  async getStarted() {
    await this.getStartedLink.first().click();
    await expect(this.gettingStartedHeader).toBeVisible();
  }

  async pageObjectModel() {
    await this.getStarted();
    await this.pomLink.click();
  }
}
module.exports = { PlaywrightDevPage };

Now we can use the PlaywrightDevPage class in our tests.

import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
import { PlaywrightDevPage } from './playwright-dev-page';

test('getting started should contain table of contents', async ({ page }) => {
  const playwrightDev = new PlaywrightDevPage(page);
  await playwrightDev.goto();
  await playwrightDev.getStarted();
  await expect(playwrightDev.tocList).toHaveText([
    `How to install Playwright`,
    `What's Installed`,
    `How to run the example test`,
    `How to open the HTML test report`,
    `Write tests using web first assertions, page fixtures and locators`,
    `Run single test, multiple tests, headed mode`,
    `Generate tests with Codegen`,
    `See a trace of your tests`
  ]);
});

test('should show Page Object Model article', async ({ page }) => {
  const playwrightDev = new PlaywrightDevPage(page);
  await playwrightDev.goto();
  await playwrightDev.pageObjectModel();
  await expect(page.locator('article')).toContainText('Page Object Model is a common pattern');
});

const { PlaywrightDevPage } = require('./playwright-dev-page');

// In the test
const page = await browser.newPage();
await playwrightDev.goto();
await playwrightDev.getStarted();
await expect(playwrightDev.tocList).toHaveText([
  `How to install Playwright`,
  `What's Installed`,
  `How to run the example test`,
  `How to open the HTML test report`,
  `Write tests using web first assertions, page fixtures and locators`,
  `Run single test, multiple tests, headed mode`,
  `Generate tests with Codegen`,
  `See a trace of your tests`
]);

Implementation

• langs: java, csharp, python

Page object models wrap over a Playwright [Page].

package models;

import com.microsoft.playwright;

public class SearchPage {
  private final Page page;
  private final Locator searchTermInput;

  public SearchPage(Page page) {
    this.page = page;
    this.searchTermInput = page.locator("[aria-label='Enter your search term']");
  }

  public void navigate() {
    page.navigate("https://bing.com");
  }

  public void search(String text) {
    searchTermInput.fill(text);
    searchTermInput.press("Enter");
  }
}

class SearchPage:
    def __init__(self, page):
        self.page = page
        self.search_term_input = page.locator('[aria-label="Enter your search term"]')

    async def navigate(self):
        await self.page.goto("https://bing.com")

    async def search(self, text):
        await self.search_term_input.fill(text)
        await self.search_term_input.press("Enter")

class SearchPage:
    def __init__(self, page):
        self.page = page
        self.search_term_input = page.locator('[aria-label="Enter your search term"]')

    def navigate(self):
        self.page.goto("https://bing.com")

    def search(self, text):
        self.search_term_input.fill(text)
        self.search_term_input.press("Enter")

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.Playwright;

namespace BigEcommerceApp.Tests.Models;

public class SearchPage
{
  private readonly IPage _page;
  private readonly ILocator _searchTermInput;

  public SearchPage(IPage page)
  {
    _page = page;
    _searchTermInput = page.Locator("[aria-label='Enter your search term']");
  }

  public async Task GotoAsync()
  {
    await _page.GotoAsync("https://bing.com");
  }

  public async Task SearchAsync(string text)
  {
    await _searchTermInput.FillAsync(text);
    await _searchTermInput.PressAsync("Enter");
  }
}

Page objects can then be used inside a test.

import models.SearchPage;
import com.microsoft.playwright.*;
// ...

// In the test
Page page = browser.newPage();
SearchPage searchPage = new SearchPage(page);
searchPage.navigate();
searchPage.search("search query");

from models.search import SearchPage

# in the test
page = await browser.new_page()
search_page = SearchPage(page)
await search_page.navigate()
await search_page.search("search query")

from models.search import SearchPage

# in the test
page = browser.new_page()
search_page = SearchPage(page)
search_page.navigate()
search_page.search("search query")

using BigEcommerceApp.Tests.Models;

// in the test
var page = new SearchPage(await browser.NewPageAsync());
await page.GotoAsync();
await page.SearchAsync("search query");