playwright-mcp-server 0.1.0

MCP server exposing Playwright browser automation capabilities

Playwright MCP Server

A microservice that exposes Playwright browser automation capabilities through the MCP (Microservice Communication Protocol) interface.

Features

• Launch browser pages with specified URLs
• Take screenshots of web pages
• Manage multiple browser instances
• Clean browser resources efficiently
• Get page titles and other information

Installation

From PyPI

pip install playwright-mcp-server

From Source

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/playwright-mcp-server.git
cd playwright-mcp-server
pip install -e .

After installation, you'll need to install the Playwright browser binaries:

playwright install

Usage

As a Command Line Tool

After installation, you can run the server directly from the command line:

playwright-mcp-server

As a Library

from playwright_mcp_server import run_server

# Start the server
run_server()

Available Tools

The MCP server exposes the following tools:

• launch_page(webPageURL): Launch a new page with the given URL
• close_page(page_id): Close the page with the given ID
• take_screenshot(page_id, screenshotPath): Take a screenshot of the page
• get_page_title(page_id): Get the title of the page
• get_active_pages(): Get information about all active pages
• cleanup(): Clean up all Playwright resources

Project Structure

playwright-mcp-server/
├── playwright_mcp_server/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── main.py
│   └── playwrightHandler.py
├── setup.py
└── README.md

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.