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Umbraco Playwright Testhelpers

What is it?

@umbraco/playwright-testhelpers is the official Umbraco package that provides Playwright fixtures, API helpers, and UI helpers for writing E2E tests against an Umbraco backoffice instance.

Repository: https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco.Playwright.Testhelpers

Installation

bash
npm install @umbraco/playwright-testhelpers --save-dev

Related Skills

  • umbraco-e2e-testing - E2E test patterns using these helpers
  • umbraco-test-builders - JsonModels.Builders (used internally by testhelpers)
  • umbraco-testing - Master skill for testing overview

Package Exports

The package exports these main items:

typescript
import {
  test,              // Extended Playwright test with fixtures
  ApiHelpers,        // Direct API helper class
  UiHelpers,         // Direct UI helper class
  ConstantHelper,    // Constants for sections, actions, buttons
  AliasHelper,       // Alias generation utilities
  JsonHelper         // JSON parsing utilities
} from '@umbraco/playwright-testhelpers';

Test Fixtures

The test export extends Playwright's test with two fixtures:

typescript
import { test } from '@umbraco/playwright-testhelpers';

test('my test', async ({ umbracoApi, umbracoUi }) => {
  // umbracoApi - API helpers for fast test setup/teardown
  // umbracoUi - UI helpers for backoffice interaction
});

How Fixtures Work

typescript
// testExtension.ts (internal)
const test = base.extend<{umbracoApi: ApiHelpers} & {umbracoUi: UiHelpers}>({
  umbracoApi: async ({ page }, use) => {
    const umbracoApi = new ApiHelpers(page);
    await use(umbracoApi);
  },
  umbracoUi: async ({ page }, use) => {
    const umbracoUi = new UiHelpers(page);
    await use(umbracoUi);
  }
});

API Helpers (umbracoApi)

The ApiHelpers class provides sub-helpers for each entity type:

Property Helper Class Purpose
content ContentApiHelper Content/document operations
documentTypes DocumentTypeApiHelper Document type operations
dataTypes DatatypeApiHelper Data type operations
media MediaApiHelper Media operations
mediaTypes MediaTypeApiHelper Media type operations
templates TemplatesApiHelper Template operations
languages LanguagesApiHelper Language operations
users UserApiHelper User operations
userGroups UserGroupApiHelper User group operations
members MemberApiHelper Member operations
memberTypes MemberTypeApiHelper Member type operations
memberGroups MemberGroupApiHelper Member group operations
macros MacroApiHelper Macro operations
scripts ScriptApiHelper Script operations
stylesheets StylesheetApiHelper Stylesheet operations
partialViews PartialViewApiHelper Partial view operations
relationTypes RelationTypeApiHelper Relation type operations
packages PackageApiHelper Package operations
domain DomainApiHelper Domain operations
translation TranslationApiHelper Translation operations
webhook WebhookApiHelper Webhook operations

Core API Methods

typescript
// Base HTTP methods (available on umbracoApi directly)
await umbracoApi.get(url, params?);
await umbracoApi.post(url, data?);
await umbracoApi.delete(url, data?);

// CSRF token (automatically handled)
await umbracoApi.getCsrfToken();

// Login
await umbracoApi.login(skipCheckTours?: boolean);

Document Type API Helper

typescript
// Ensure cleanup (idempotent - won't fail if not exists)
await umbracoApi.documentTypes.ensureNameNotExists('MyDocType');

// Create default document type
const docType = await umbracoApi.documentTypes.createDefaultDocumentType('MyDocType');

// Create element type (for blocks)
const elementType = await umbracoApi.documentTypes.createDefaultElementType('MyElement', 'myElement');

// Create document type with block grid
const element = await umbracoApi.documentTypes.createDefaultDocumentWithBlockGridEditor(element?, dataType?);

// Save document type (using builder)
const docType = new DocumentTypeBuilder()
  .withName('MyDocType')
  .withAlias('myDocType')
  .build();
await umbracoApi.documentTypes.save(docType);

Content API Helper

typescript
// Reference: ContentApiHelper.ts patterns
// Note: Actual methods depend on version - check source

// Common patterns:
await umbracoApi.content.ensureNameNotExists('MyContent');
await umbracoApi.content.createDefaultContent(name, documentTypeId);
await umbracoApi.content.getByName('MyContent');
await umbracoApi.content.publish(contentId);

Data Type API Helper

typescript
// Get built-in data type
const dataType = await umbracoApi.dataTypes.getByName('Textstring');

// Create block grid data type
const blockGrid = await umbracoApi.dataTypes.createDefaultBlockGrid('MyBlockGrid', elementType);

// Ensure cleanup
await umbracoApi.dataTypes.ensureNameNotExists('MyDataType');

Media API Helper

typescript
// Create media folder
await umbracoApi.media.createDefaultMediaFolder('MyFolder');

// Create image with file
await umbracoApi.media.createImageWithFile(
  'MyImage',
  { src: '/path/to/image.jpg' },
  'image.jpg',
  '/local/path/to/image.jpg',
  'image/jpeg'
);

// Cleanup
await umbracoApi.media.ensureNameNotExists('MyImage');
await umbracoApi.media.clearRecycleBin();

UI Helpers (umbracoUi)

Navigation

typescript
// Navigate to section
await umbracoUi.goToSection(ConstantHelper.sections.content);
await umbracoUi.goToSection(ConstantHelper.sections.settings);
await umbracoUi.goToSection(ConstantHelper.sections.media);

// Navigate to specific items
await umbracoUi.navigateToContent('MyContent');
await umbracoUi.navigateToMedia('MyMedia');
await umbracoUi.navigateToDocumentType('MyDocType');
await umbracoUi.navigateToDataType('MyDataType');
await umbracoUi.navigateToTemplate('MyTemplate');

Tree Operations

typescript
// Get tree item by path
const item = await umbracoUi.getTreeItem('contentTypes', ['MyFolder', 'MyDocType']);

// Refresh trees
await umbracoUi.refreshContentTree();
await umbracoUi.refreshMediaTree();

// Wait for tree load
await umbracoUi.waitForTreeLoad('settings');

Click Operations

typescript
// Click by data-element attribute
await umbracoUi.clickDataElementByElementName('tree-item-myItem');

// Click by text
await umbracoUi.clickButtonByText('Save');

// Click element
await umbracoUi.clickElement(locator);

// Click multiple elements
await umbracoUi.clickMultiple(locator);

Editor Operations

typescript
// Set header name (with alias generation wait)
await umbracoUi.setEditorHeaderName('My Document');

// Get editor header name
await umbracoUi.getEditorHeaderName('My Document');

// Add property group and editor
await umbracoUi.goToAddEditor('Content', 'Title');

Locator Getters

typescript
// Get elements
const helpButton = await umbracoUi.getGlobalHelp();
const userButton = await umbracoUi.getGlobalUser();
const element = await umbracoUi.getDataElementByElementName('my-element');
const button = await umbracoUi.getButtonByText('Save');
const button = await umbracoUi.getButtonByLabelKey('buttons_save');
const contextAction = await umbracoUi.getContextMenuAction('action-create');

// Notifications
const success = await umbracoUi.getSuccessNotification();
const error = await umbracoUi.getErrorNotification();

Assertions

typescript
// Check notifications
await umbracoUi.isSuccessNotificationVisible();
await umbracoUi.isErrorNotificationVisible();

// Check data type exists
await umbracoUi.doesDataTypeExist('MyDataType');

Document Type UI

typescript
// Create with template
await umbracoUi.createNewDocumentTypeWithTemplate();

// Update permissions
await umbracoUi.updateDocumentPermissionsToAllowCultureVariant();

Content UI

typescript
// Create content
await umbracoUi.createContentWithDocumentType('MyDocType');

// Switch culture
await umbracoUi.switchCultureInContent('Danish');

File Upload

typescript
// Upload file
await umbracoUi.fileUploader('/path/to/file.jpg');

Drag and Drop

typescript
// Drag and drop elements
await umbracoUi.dragAndDrop(
  fromLocator,
  toLocator,
  verticalOffset,
  horizontalOffset,
  steps?
);

ConstantHelper

typescript
import { ConstantHelper } from '@umbraco/playwright-testhelpers';

// Sections
ConstantHelper.sections.content    // "content"
ConstantHelper.sections.media      // "media"
ConstantHelper.sections.settings   // "settings"
ConstantHelper.sections.users      // "users"
ConstantHelper.sections.member     // "member"
ConstantHelper.sections.packages   // "packages"
ConstantHelper.sections.translation // "translation"

// Actions (data-element values)
ConstantHelper.actions.create      // "action-create"
ConstantHelper.actions.delete      // "action-delete"
ConstantHelper.actions.copy        // "action-copy"
ConstantHelper.actions.move        // "action-move"
ConstantHelper.actions.sort        // "action-sort"
ConstantHelper.actions.save        // "saveNew"
ConstantHelper.actions.publish     // "publishNew"
ConstantHelper.actions.documentType // "action-documentType"
ConstantHelper.actions.dataType    // "action-data-type"
ConstantHelper.actions.remove      // "actions_remove"

// Buttons (label-key values)
ConstantHelper.buttons.save           // "buttons_save"
ConstantHelper.buttons.saveAndPublish // "buttons_saveAndPublish"
ConstantHelper.buttons.delete         // "general_delete"
ConstantHelper.buttons.ok             // "general_ok"
ConstantHelper.buttons.close          // "general_close"
ConstantHelper.buttons.insert         // "general_insert"
ConstantHelper.buttons.download       // "general_download"
ConstantHelper.buttons.submit         // "general_submit"
ConstantHelper.buttons.rollback       // "actions_rollback"
ConstantHelper.buttons.add            // "general_add"
ConstantHelper.buttons.submitChanges  // "buttons_submitChanges"
ConstantHelper.buttons.remove         // "general_remove"
ConstantHelper.buttons.change         // "general_change"
ConstantHelper.buttons.select         // "buttons_select"

// Content Apps
ConstantHelper.contentApps.info // '[data-element="sub-view-umbInfo"]'

AliasHelper

See umbraco-test-builders for comprehensive AliasHelper documentation.


JsonHelper

typescript
import { JsonHelper } from '@umbraco/playwright-testhelpers';

// Parse response body
const response = await umbracoApi.get(url);
const body = await JsonHelper.getBody(response);

Complete Examples

See umbraco-e2e-testing for full test examples and templates.


Source Reference

  • Repository: https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco.Playwright.Testhelpers
  • Local path: /Users/philw/Projects/Umbraco.Playwright.Testhelpers/
  • Main files:
    • lib/helpers/ApiHelpers.ts - API helper class
    • lib/helpers/UiHelpers.ts - UI helper class
    • lib/helpers/testExtension.ts - Test fixture extension
    • lib/helpers/ConstantHelper.ts - Constants
    • lib/helpers/AliasHelper.ts - Alias utilities

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