ESLint Plugin Playwright

ESLint plugin for Playwright.

Installation

npm

npm install -D eslint-plugin-playwright

Yarn

yarn add -D eslint-plugin-playwright

pnpm

pnpm add -D eslint-plugin-playwright

Usage

The recommended setup is to use the files field to target only Playwright test files. In the examples below, this is done by targeting files in the tests directory and only applying the Playwright rules to those files. In your project, you may need to change the files field to match your Playwright test file patterns.

Flat config (eslint.config.js)

import playwright from 'eslint-plugin-playwright'

export default [
  {
    ...playwright.configs['flat/recommended'],
    files: ['tests/**'],
    rules: {
      ...playwright.configs['flat/recommended'].rules,
      // Customize Playwright rules
      // ...
    },
  },
]

Legacy config (.eslintrc)

{
  "overrides": [
    {
      "files": "tests/**",
      "extends": "plugin:playwright/recommended"
    }
  ]
}

Settings

Aliased Playwright Globals

If you import Playwright globals (e.g. test, expect) with a custom name, you can configure this plugin to be aware of these additional names.

{
  "settings": {
    "playwright": {
      "globalAliases": {
        "test": ["myTest"],
        "expect": ["myExpect"]
      }
    }
  }
}

Custom Messages

You can customize the error messages for rules using the settings.playwright.messages property. This is useful if you would like to increase the verbosity of error messages or provide additional context.

Only the message ids you define in this setting will be overridden, so any other messages will use the default message defined by the plugin.

{
  "settings": {
    "playwright": {
      "messages": {
        "conditionalExpect": "Avoid conditional expects as they can lead to false positives"
      }
    }
  }
}

Rules

✅ Set in the recommended configuration
🔧 Automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option
💡 Manually fixable by editor suggestions

Rule	Description	✅	🔧	💡
expect-expect	Enforce assertion to be made in a test body	✅
max-expects	Enforces a maximum number assertion calls in a test body
max-nested-describe	Enforces a maximum depth to nested describe calls	✅
missing-playwright-await	Enforce Playwright APIs to be awaited	✅	🔧
no-commented-out-tests	Disallow commented out tests
no-conditional-expect	Disallow calling expect conditionally	✅
no-conditional-in-test	Disallow conditional logic in tests	✅
no-duplicate-hooks	Disallow duplicate setup and teardown hooks
no-element-handle	Disallow usage of element handles	✅		💡
no-eval	Disallow usage of page.$eval() and page.$$eval()	✅
no-focused-test	Disallow usage of .only annotation	✅		💡
no-force-option	Disallow usage of the { force: true } option	✅
no-get-by-title	Disallow using getByTitle()		🔧
no-hooks	Disallow setup and teardown hooks
no-nested-step	Disallow nested test.step() methods	✅
no-networkidle	Disallow usage of the networkidle option	✅
no-nth-methods	Disallow usage of first(), last(), and nth() methods
no-page-pause	Disallow using page.pause()	✅
no-raw-locators	Disallow using raw locators
no-restricted-matchers	Disallow specific matchers & modifiers
no-skipped-test	Disallow usage of the .skip annotation	✅		💡
no-slowed-test	Disallow usage of the .slow annotation	✅		💡
no-standalone-expect	Disallow using expect outside of test blocks	✅
no-unsafe-references	Prevent unsafe variable references in page.evaluate()	✅	🔧
no-useless-await	Disallow unnecessary awaits for Playwright methods	✅	🔧
no-useless-not	Disallow usage of not matchers when a specific matcher exists	✅	🔧
no-wait-for-selector	Disallow usage of page.waitForSelector()	✅		💡
no-wait-for-timeout	Disallow usage of page.waitForTimeout()	✅		💡
prefer-comparison-matcher	Suggest using the built-in comparison matchers		🔧
prefer-equality-matcher	Suggest using the built-in equality matchers			💡
prefer-hooks-in-order	Prefer having hooks in a consistent order
prefer-hooks-on-top	Suggest having hooks before any test cases
prefer-lowercase-title	Enforce lowercase test names		🔧
prefer-native-locators	Suggest built-in locators over page.locator()		🔧
prefer-locator	Suggest locators over page methods
prefer-strict-equal	Suggest using toStrictEqual()			💡
prefer-to-be	Suggest using toBe()		🔧
prefer-to-contain	Suggest using toContain()		🔧
prefer-to-have-count	Suggest using toHaveCount()		🔧
prefer-to-have-length	Suggest using toHaveLength()		🔧
prefer-web-first-assertions	Suggest using web first assertions	✅	🔧
require-hook	Require setup and teardown code to be within a hook
require-soft-assertions	Require assertions to use expect.soft()		🔧
require-to-throw-message	Require a message for toThrow()
require-top-level-describe	Require test cases and hooks to be inside a test.describe block
valid-describe-callback	Enforce valid describe() callback	✅
valid-expect-in-promise	Require promises that have expectations in their chain to be valid	✅
valid-expect	Enforce valid expect() usage	✅
valid-title	Enforce valid titles	✅	🔧