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playwright is a Python package that allows developers to automate web browsers for end-to-end testing, web scraping, and web performance analysis. It is built on top of WebKit, Mozilla's Gecko, and Microsoft's EdgeHTML, and it is designed to be fast, reliable, and easy to use.

playwright is similar to Selenium, but it provides a more modern and powerful API, with features such as automatic waiting for elements, automatic retries, and built-in support for browser contexts, which allow you to open multiple pages in a single browser instance.

Playwright also provides an asynchronous client which makes scaling playwright-powered web scrapers easier than alternatives (like Selenium)

Camoufox is an anti-detect browser built on Firefox, designed specifically for web scraping and browser automation while evading bot detection systems. Unlike Chrome-based anti-detect solutions, Camoufox uses a patched version of Firefox with over 100 modifications to prevent fingerprinting and detection.

Key features include:

Firefox-based stealth Uses Firefox instead of Chrome, which has different fingerprinting characteristics and is less commonly targeted by anti-bot systems. The browser is patched at the C++ level to prevent JavaScript-based fingerprint leaks.
Realistic fingerprints Generates and applies realistic browser fingerprints including screen resolution, WebGL renderer, fonts, and other browser properties that match real user configurations.
Playwright integration Works seamlessly with Playwright for Python, providing the familiar Playwright API while running through the stealth-patched Firefox instance.
Proxy support Built-in proxy support with authentication, including residential proxy rotation.
Geolocation spoofing Can spoof browser geolocation to match proxy IP location for consistent fingerprints.
Human-like behavior Includes utilities for adding human-like mouse movements and typing patterns.

Camoufox is particularly effective against sophisticated anti-bot systems that detect Chrome-based automation tools. By using Firefox as the base, it avoids many Chrome-specific detection vectors while the deep browser patches prevent general fingerprinting techniques.

Highlights

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Example Use

```python from playwright import sync_playwright # Start Playwright with sync_playwright() as playwright: # Launch a browser instance browser = playwright.chromium.launch() # Open a new context (tab) context = browser.new_context() # Create a new page in the context page = context.new_page() # Navigate to a website page.goto("https://www.example.com") # Find an element by its id element = page.get_by_id("example-id") # Interact with the element element.click() # Fill an input form page.get_by_name("example-name").fill("example text") # Find and click a button page.get_by_xpath("//button[text()='Search']").click() # Wait for the page to load page.wait_for_selector("#results") # Get the page title print(page.title) # Close the browser browser.close() ```

```python from camoufox.sync_api import Camoufox # Launch stealth Firefox browser with Camoufox(headless=True) as browser: page = browser.new_page() # Navigate - the browser appears as a real Firefox user page.goto("https://example.com") # Use standard Playwright API for interaction page.fill("input[name='search']", "web scraping") page.click("button[type='submit']") # Extract data results = page.query_selector_all(".result") for result in results: title = result.query_selector("h3").text_content() print(title) # With proxy and custom fingerprint from camoufox.sync_api import Camoufox with Camoufox( headless=True, proxy={"server": "http://proxy.example.com:8080"}, geoip=True, # auto-match geolocation to proxy IP ) as browser: page = browser.new_page() page.goto("https://example.com") print(page.content()) ```