Playwright Browser Skill#

Purpose#

This skill enables OpenClaw to launch a real Chrome/Chromium browser (non-headless), navigate to websites, and extract content by:

1. Scraping rendered DOM content
2. Hooking and capturing network responses (XHR/Fetch API calls)
3. Finding and clicking links
4. Searching for keywords in page content
5. Focusing on specific elements

Prerequisites#

Ensure Playwright is installed:

bash

pip install playwright
playwright install chromium

Usage#

1. Basic Navigation and Content Extraction#

python

from skills.playwright-browser.scripts.browser_agent import SyncBrowserAgent

agent = SyncBrowserAgent(headless=False)
content = agent.get_page_content("https://example.com")
print(f"Title: {content['title']}")
agent.close()

2. Find and Click Links#

python

from skills.playwright-browser.scripts.browser_agent import SyncBrowserAgent

agent = SyncBrowserAgent(headless=False)
agent.navigate("https://sina.com")

# Find links containing specific text
links = agent.find_links_by_text("军事")
for link in links:
    print(f"Found: {link['text']} -> {link['href']}")

# Click the first matching link
agent.find_link_and_click("军事")

agent.close()

3. Search Page Content#

python

agent = SyncBrowserAgent(headless=False)
agent.navigate("https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/")

# Search for keyword in page
results = agent.search_page_content("伊朗")
for r in results:
    print(f"Found: {r['text']}")

# Focus on first result
if results:
    agent.focus_on_element(results[0])

agent.close()

4. Hook Network Responses#

python

agent = SyncBrowserAgent(headless=False)

def on_api_response(response):
    if response.resource_type in ['xhr', 'fetch']:
        print(f"API: {response.url}")

agent.hook_network_responses(on_api_response)
agent.navigate("https://spa-app.example.com")

# Get all captured API calls
api_calls = agent.get_captured_api_calls()
agent.close()

Safety Guidelines#

• NEVER navigate to suspicious or potentially malicious URLs
• Always validate URLs before navigation
• Respect robots.txt and website terms of service
• Warn user when accessing sites that may contain sensitive content
• Close browser when done to free resources