[Feature] Support additional Languages: Java

[Vinyzu]

DevEnterpriseSoftware/patchright-dotnet is now supported as the official community-driven .NET Patchright Package! Find it on NuGet.

Patchright currently doesnt support Java or .NET. Most likely there will be no efforts from us to support them.
We would love to see some community made packages to support Patchright. If their done well, theyll be added in the README's List of Packages to support them officially.

The Requirements of a officially supported/recommended package are:

• Automatic CD, using AST-based patching or similar
• Support for Patchrights Extended API
• Support for InitScript Routing, see Python Package, Node Package
• Well made README/package attributes and overall good quality of code

If you plan on creating such a package, you should probably contact me on discord @vinyzu.

Until then, you can also just replace the driver package of your local playwright package path (See examples here or here).
This will probably introduce some unknown bugs, but certainly:

• Patchright Extended API
• InitScripts and everything using them

Will not work.

[funky-mango]

I've used patchright fairly extensively with .net (admittedly no initscripts or patchright extended API. Had zero issues with version 1.52. Works really well.

Maybe can help out with a .net version. Busy with work right now, but over the summer I should have some time so will reach out.

Thanks for all the work on patchright 👍

[derekperkins]

I'm interested in using it with playwright-go. I'll be testing out just replacing the driver first.

InitScripts and everything using them

Can InitScripts be manually run from the playwright client?

[Vinyzu]

Can InitScripts be manually run from the playwright client?

Do you mean just manually running page.evaluate with the scripts or what? Sure that would work, but you wont get the same InitScript Behaviour (Executed before any other JS on the Site, right on page load etc.)

[derekperkins]

Yes, that is what I meant. We create a new browser context for every request, and so I was thinking we might be able to set up the InitScripts immediately after creating a page, before navigating to the destination page (Google Search).

[Vinyzu]

I mean if it works for you sure go for it. But it will have the issues i described.

[allendolgonos]

I'm interested in using it with playwright-go. I'll be testing out just replacing the driver first.

InitScripts and everything using them

Can InitScripts be manually run from the playwright client?

Did you get this to work? Spending some time figuring it out as well

[Vinyzu]

@allendolgonos You can run a Script on Page Load on the Client Side, but it wont have the same effect as an Init Script, which is executed before the Page Load / Any other Scripts.