Can I navigate through the browser history using Playwright?

Yes, you can navigate through the browser history using Playwright. Playwright provides a number of methods for navigation including page.goBack() and page.goForward() which can be used to navigate through the browser history.

Here are examples in both Python and JavaScript:

Python:

from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.launch()
    page = browser.new_page()
    page.goto('https://example.com')
    # Now, let's navigate to another page
    page.goto('https://google.com')
    # You can go back to the previous page using goBack()
    page.goBack()
    # And you can move forward in the history using goForward()
    page.goForward()
    browser.close()

JavaScript:

const playwright = require('playwright');

(async () => {
  const browser = await playwright.chromium.launch();
  const context = await browser.newContext();
  const page = await context.newPage();
  await page.goto('https://example.com');
  // Now, let's navigate to another page
  await page.goto('https://google.com');
  // You can go back to the previous page using goBack()
  await page.goBack();
  // And you can move forward in the history using goForward()
  await page.goForward();
  await browser.close();
})();

These commands will navigate through the browsing history in the same way as the back and forward buttons in a browser. It's important to note that page.goBack() and page.goForward() return a promise which resolves to the main resource response. If the navigation happens to a different origin, the method will resolve to null.

Also, keep in mind that if there is no previous or next page in the history, these methods won't do anything. You can check the history length with page.evaluate(() => window.history.length).