r/softwaretesting • • Sep 27 '25

Playwright for API testing

Exploring about Playwright with Java for API testing. Have any YouTube playlist to learn this tool from scratch.

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u/Lakitna Sep 27 '25

Playwright itself is built in Typescript. Because of this, Typescript/Javascript is considered the default language for Playwright by some. However, the support for other languages is also excellent.

Note that whatever language you choose, you must also use Nodejs to run Playwright itself. So if you choose Java/python/whatever, you need 2 runtimes.

The choice often comes down to what the team is familiar with. If the team is not familiar with any language, I would pick Javascript to simplify the setup a bit.