Method _startBrowser

lib/helper/Playwright.js:1166–1206

()

  }

  async _startBrowser() {
    // Ensure custom locator strategies are registered before browser launch
    // Only init once globally to avoid selector re-registration in workers
    if (!defaultSelectorEnginesInitialized) {
      await this._init()
    }

    if (this.isElectron) {
      this.browser = await playwright._electron.launch(this.playwrightOptions)
    } else if (this.isRemoteBrowser && this.isCDPConnection) {
      try {
        this.browser = await playwright[this.options.browser].connectOverCDP(this.playwrightOptions)
      } catch (err) {
        if (err.toString().indexOf('ECONNREFUSED')) {
          throw new RemoteBrowserConnectionRefused(err)
        }
        throw err
      }
    } else if (this.isRemoteBrowser) {
      try {
        this.browser = await playwright[this.options.browser].connect(this.playwrightOptions)
      } catch (err) {
        if (err.toString().indexOf('ECONNREFUSED')) {
          throw new RemoteBrowserConnectionRefused(err)
        }
        throw err
      }
    } else if (this.playwrightOptions.userDataDir) {
      this.browser = await playwright[this.options.browser].launchPersistentContext(this.userDataDir, this.playwrightOptions)
    } else {
      this.browser = await playwright[this.options.browser].launch(this.playwrightOptions)
    }

    // works only for Chromium
    this.browser.on('targetchanged', target => {
      this.debugSection('Url', target.url())
    })

    this.isRunning = true
    return this.browser
  }

  /**
   * Create a new browser context with a page. \