[Question] Is there a way to access the `playwright` object in dev tools in browsers launched within `launch()`?

Hi team,

I’m launching a browser in this way:

with sync_playwright() as playwright:
    browser = playwright.chromium.launch(headless=False)
    ...

In this browser, is there a way to access the playwright object in the Developer Tools Console, similarly to what you can do when launching a browser using open, e.g.,

python -m playwright open http://localhost:3000

and as described in you documentation? I think it could be useful to debug issues, for instance when a selector cannot find the given element because of a recent change and the flow gets stuck, without the need to manually reproduce the page state generated by the Python code after launch.

Alternatively, what could be a good workaround? For instance, I’m wondering if it’s possible in the Developer Tools Console to do something similar to

playwright.selector($0)

when debugging in a browser started with launch.

I tried launching the browser with

playwright.chromium.launch(headless=False, env={"PWDEBUG": True})

but even assuming this is the proper way, I get an error—I can give you more details on this, if you want.

Thanks!

[kumaraditya303]

Yeah, we should fix it, thanks for the report!

@pavelfeldman PR on the way! 🚀

[pavelfeldman]

Yeah, we should fix it, thanks for the report!