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playwright_custom_user_agent

Set a custom User Agent string for browser automation to simulate different devices or browsers during testing and web scraping.

Instructions

Set a custom User Agent for the browser

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
userAgentYesCustom User Agent for the Playwright browser instance

Implementation Reference

  • Handler function that validates the browser's current User-Agent matches the provided argument by evaluating navigator.userAgent on the page.
    async execute(args: CustomUserAgentArgs, context: ToolContext): Promise<ToolResponse> { return this.safeExecute(context, async (page) => { if (!args.userAgent) { return createErrorResponse("Missing required parameter: userAgent must be provided"); } try { const currentUserAgent = await page.evaluate(() => navigator.userAgent); if (currentUserAgent !== args.userAgent) { const messages = [ "Page was already initialized with a different User Agent.", `Requested: ${args.userAgent}`, `Current: ${currentUserAgent}`, ]; return createErrorResponse(messages.join("\n")); } return createSuccessResponse("User Agent validation successful"); } catch (error) { return createErrorResponse(`Failed to validate User Agent: ${(error as Error).message}`); } }); }
  • Tool definition with input schema specifying the required 'userAgent' string parameter.
    name: "playwright_custom_user_agent", description: "Set a custom User Agent for the browser", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: { userAgent: { type: "string", description: "Custom User Agent for the Playwright browser instance" }, }, required: ["userAgent"], }, },
  • Switch case in main tool handler that routes calls to the CustomUserAgentTool instance.
    case "playwright_custom_user_agent": return await customUserAgentTool.execute(args, context);
  • Conditional logic that passes the userAgent argument to browser launch settings specifically for this tool.
    userAgent: name === "playwright_custom_user_agent" ? args.userAgent : undefined,
  • src/tools.ts:507-507 (registration)
    Inclusion in BROWSER_TOOLS array which triggers browser initialization for this tool.
    "playwright_custom_user_agent",

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