playwright_get_visible_html
Extract the visible HTML content of a web page using a real browser environment to enable tasks like scraping, testing, or web interaction through Playwright MCP Server.
Instructions
Get the HTML content of the current page
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Implementation Reference
- src/tools/browser/visiblePage.ts:64-93 (handler)The core handler implementation in VisibleHtmlTool.execute() method, which fetches the full HTML content of the current page using Playwright's page.content() and returns it wrapped in a success response.
export class VisibleHtmlTool extends BrowserToolBase { /** * Execute the visible HTML page tool */ async execute(args: any, context: ToolContext): Promise<ToolResponse> { // Check if browser is available if (!context.browser || !context.browser.isConnected()) { // If browser is not connected, we need to reset the state to force recreation resetBrowserState(); return createErrorResponse( "Browser is not connected. The connection has been reset - please retry your navigation." ); } // Check if page is available and not closed if (!context.page || context.page.isClosed()) { return createErrorResponse( "Page is not available or has been closed. Please retry your navigation." ); } return this.safeExecute(context, async (page) => { try { const htmlContent = await page!.content(); return createSuccessResponse(`HTML content:\n${htmlContent}`); } catch (error) { return createErrorResponse(`Failed to get visible HTML content: ${(error as Error).message}`); } }); } } - src/tools.ts:327-334 (schema)Tool schema definition specifying the name, description, and empty input schema for playwright_get_visible_html.
name: "playwright_get_visible_html", description: "Get the HTML content of the current page", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, required: [], }, }, - src/toolHandler.ts:498-499 (registration)Registration and dispatch in the main tool handler switch statement, routing calls to the VisibleHtmlTool instance.
case "playwright_get_visible_html": return await visibleHtmlTool.execute(args, context); - src/toolHandler.ts:301-301 (registration)Instantiation of the VisibleHtmlTool class instance used for handling the tool.
if (!visibleHtmlTool) visibleHtmlTool = new VisibleHtmlTool(server); - src/tools.ts:419-419 (registration)Inclusion in BROWSER_TOOLS array, used for conditional browser launch checks.
"playwright_get_visible_html",