Playwright Proxy Setup: Complete Tutorial

Playwright Proxy Configuration

Set up proxies in Playwright for cross-browser automation.

TL;DR: Pass proxy option to browser.launch() or browser.newContext(). Supports HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS proxies.

Python Setup

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright
with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.launch(
        proxy={
            "server": "http://proxy.outreachproxy.com:8080",
            "username": "your_username",
            "password": "your_password"
        }
    )
    page = browser.new_page()
    page.goto("https://httpbin.org/ip")
    print(page.content())
    browser.close()

Node.js Setup

const { chromium } = require('playwright');
(async () => {
    const browser = await chromium.launch({
        proxy: {
            server: 'http://proxy.outreachproxy.com:8080',
            username: 'your_username',
            password: 'your_password'
        }
    });
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto('https://httpbin.org/ip');
    console.log(await page.content());
    await browser.close();
})();

Per-Context Proxy

const browser = await chromium.launch();
const context = await browser.newContext({
    proxy: {
        server: 'http://proxy:port',
        username: 'user',
        password: 'pass'
    }
});
const page = await context.newPage();

SOCKS5 Proxy

const browser = await chromium.launch({
    proxy: {
        server: 'socks5://proxy.outreachproxy.com:1080'
    }
});

Bypass for Specific Hosts

proxy: {
    server: 'http://proxy:port',
    bypass: 'localhost,*.internal.com'
}