Package com.microsoft.playwright

Interface Request

All Known Implementing Classes:
RequestImpl
public interface Request
Whenever the page sends a request for a network resource the following sequence of events are emitted by Page:

If request fails at some point, then instead of "requestfinished" event (and possibly instead of 'response' event), the Page.onRequestFailed() event is emitted.

NOTE: HTTP Error responses, such as 404 or 503, are still successful responses from HTTP standpoint, so request will complete with "requestfinished" event.

If request gets a 'redirect' response, the request is successfully finished with the requestfinished event, and a new request is issued to a redirected url.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    Map<String,String>
    allHeaders()
    An object with all the request HTTP headers associated with this request.
    String
    failure()
    The method returns null unless this request has failed, as reported by requestfailed event.
    Frame
    frame()
    Returns the Frame that initiated this request.
    Map<String,String>
    headers()
    An object with the request HTTP headers.
    List<HttpHeader>
    headersArray()
    An array with all the request HTTP headers associated with this request.
    String
    headerValue(String name)
    Returns the value of the header matching the name.
    boolean
    isNavigationRequest()
    Whether this request is driving frame's navigation.
    String
    method()
    Request's method (GET, POST, etc.)
    String
    postData()
    Request's post body, if any.
    byte[]
    postDataBuffer()
    Request's post body in a binary form, if any.
    Request
    redirectedFrom()
    Request that was redirected by the server to this one, if any.
    Request
    redirectedTo()
    New request issued by the browser if the server responded with redirect.
    String
    resourceType()
    Contains the request's resource type as it was perceived by the rendering engine.
    Response
    response()
    Returns the matching Response object, or null if the response was not received due to error.
    Sizes
    sizes()
    Returns resource size information for given request.
    Timing
    timing()
    Returns resource timing information for given request.
    String
    url()
    URL of the request.

  • Method Details

    • allHeaders

      Map<String,String> allHeaders()
      An object with all the request HTTP headers associated with this request. The header names are lower-cased.
      Since:
      v1.15

    • failure

      String failure()
      The method returns null unless this request has failed, as reported by requestfailed event.

      **Usage**

      Example of logging of all the failed requests: 

      
 page.onRequestFailed(request -> {
   System.out.println(request.url() + " " + request.failure());
 });
      Since:
      v1.8

    • frame

      Frame frame()
      Returns the Frame that initiated this request.

      **Usage** 

      
 String frameUrl = request.frame().url();

      **Details**

      Note that in some cases the frame is not available, and this method will throw.

      • When request originates in the Service Worker. You can use request.serviceWorker() to check that.
      • When navigation request is issued before the corresponding frame is created. You can use Request.isNavigationRequest() to check that.

      Here is an example that handles all the cases:

      Since:
      v1.8

    • headers

      Map<String,String> headers()
      An object with the request HTTP headers. The header names are lower-cased. Note that this method does not return security-related headers, including cookie-related ones. You can use Request.allHeaders() for complete list of headers that include cookie information.
      Since:
      v1.8

    • headersArray

      List<HttpHeader> headersArray()
      An array with all the request HTTP headers associated with this request. Unlike Request.allHeaders(), header names are NOT lower-cased. Headers with multiple entries, such as Set-Cookie, appear in the array multiple times.
      Since:
      v1.15

    • headerValue

      String headerValue(String name)
      Returns the value of the header matching the name. The name is case insensitive.
      Parameters:
      name - Name of the header.
      Since:
      v1.15

    • isNavigationRequest

      boolean isNavigationRequest()
      Whether this request is driving frame's navigation.

      Some navigation requests are issued before the corresponding frame is created, and therefore do not have Request.frame() available.

      Since:
      v1.8

    • method

      String method()
      Request's method (GET, POST, etc.)
      Since:
      v1.8

    • postData

      String postData()
      Request's post body, if any.
      Since:
      v1.8

    • postDataBuffer

      byte[] postDataBuffer()
      Request's post body in a binary form, if any.
      Since:
      v1.8

    • redirectedFrom

      Request redirectedFrom()
      Request that was redirected by the server to this one, if any.

      When the server responds with a redirect, Playwright creates a new Request object. The two requests are connected by redirectedFrom() and redirectedTo() methods. When multiple server redirects has happened, it is possible to construct the whole redirect chain by repeatedly calling redirectedFrom().

      **Usage**

      For example, if the website http://example.com redirects to https://example.com: 

      
 Response response = page.navigate("http://example.com");
 System.out.println(response.request().redirectedFrom().url()); // "http://example.com"

      If the website https://google.com has no redirects: 

      
 Response response = page.navigate("https://google.com");
 System.out.println(response.request().redirectedFrom()); // null
      Since:
      v1.8

    • redirectedTo

      Request redirectedTo()
      New request issued by the browser if the server responded with redirect.

      **Usage**

      This method is the opposite of Request.redirectedFrom(): 

      
 System.out.println(request.redirectedFrom().redirectedTo() == request); // true
      Since:
      v1.8

    • resourceType

      String resourceType()
      Contains the request's resource type as it was perceived by the rendering engine. ResourceType will be one of the following: document, stylesheet, image, media, font, script, texttrack, xhr, fetch, eventsource, websocket, manifest, other.
      Since:
      v1.8

    • response

      Response response()
      Returns the matching Response object, or null if the response was not received due to error.
      Since:
      v1.8

    • sizes

      Sizes sizes()
      Returns resource size information for given request.
      Since:
      v1.15

    • timing

      Timing timing()
      Returns resource timing information for given request. Most of the timing values become available upon the response, responseEnd becomes available when request finishes. Find more information at Resource Timing API.

      **Usage** 

      
 page.onRequestFinished(request -> {
   Timing timing = request.timing();
   System.out.println(timing.responseEnd - timing.startTime);
 });
 page.navigate("http://example.com");
      Since:
      v1.8

    • url

      String url()
      URL of the request.
      Since:
      v1.8