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@axe-core/playwright

4.10.2

656

MPL-2.0

JavaScript

61.63 kB

37,055,484 5.9

Installations

npm install @axe-core/playwright

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

Yes

Module System

CommonJS, ESM

Node Version

22.16.0

NPM Version

lerna/8.1.3/node@v22.16.0+x64 (linux)

Pull Requests

Open

1

Total

820

Closed

269

Merged

550

Issues

Open

76

Total

357

Closed

281

Releases

Release 4.10.2

v4.10.2

Updated on Jun 03, 2025

Release 4.10.1

v4.10.1

Updated on Nov 11, 2024

Release 4.10.0

v4.10.0

Updated on Aug 19, 2024

Release 4.9.1

v4.9.1

Updated on May 20, 2024

Release 4.9.0

v4.9.0

Updated on Apr 03, 2024

Release 4.8.5

v4.8.5

Updated on Feb 12, 2024

View All 23 releases

Languages

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

Shell

JavaScript (59.32%)

TypeScript (40.47%)

HTML (0.12%)

CSS (0.08%)

Shell (0.01%)

Developer

dequelabs

Download Statistics

Total Downloads

37,055,484

Last Day

24,622

Last Week

643,510

Last Month

2,731,209

Last Year

23,359,032

GitHub Statistics

MPL-2.0 License

656 Stars

617 Commits

73 Forks

12 Watchers

76 Branches

40 Contributors

Updated on Jun 18, 2025

Maintainers

View All 40 Contributors

Package Meta Information

Latest Version

4.10.2

Package Id

@axe-core/playwright@4.10.2

Unpacked Size

61.63 kB

Size

11.93 kB

File Count

NPM Version

lerna/8.1.3/node@v22.16.0+x64 (linux)

Node Version

22.16.0

Published on

Jun 03, 2025

Total Downloads

Cumulative downloads

Total Downloads

37,055,484

Last Day

4.6%

24,622

Compared to previous day

Last Week

-4.4%

643,510

Compared to previous week

Last Month

0.9%

2,731,209

Compared to previous month

Last Year

136.7%

23,359,032

Compared to previous year

Weekly Downloads

Monthly Downloads

Yearly Downloads

@axe-core/playwright

Provides a chainable axe API for playwright and automatically injects into all frames

Getting Started

Install Node.js if you haven't already.

Install Playwright: npm install playwright

Install @axe-core/playwright: npm install @axe-core/playwright

Usage

This module uses a chainable API to assist in injecting, configuring, and analyzing axe with Playwright. As such, it is required to pass an instance of Playwright.

Here is an example of a script that will drive Playwright to a page, perform an analysis, and then log results to the console.

1const { AxeBuilder } = require('@axe-core/playwright');
2const playwright = require('playwright');
3
4(async () => {
5  const browser = await playwright.chromium.launch({ headless: true });
6  const context = await browser.newContext();
7  const page = await context.newPage();
8  await page.goto('https://dequeuniversity.com/demo/mars/');
9
10  try {
11    const results = await new AxeBuilder({ page }).analyze();
12    console.log(results);
13  } catch (e) {
14    // do something with the error
15  }
16
17  await browser.close();
18})();

AxeBuilder({ page: Playwright.Page })

Constructor for the AxeBuilder helper. You must pass an instance of Playwright as the first argument.

1const builder = new AxeBuilder({ page });

AxeBuilder#analyze(): Promise<axe.Results | Error>

Performs analysis and passes any encountered error and/or the result object.

1new AxeBuilder({ page })
2  .analyze()
3  .then(results => {
4    console.log(results);
5  })
6  .catch(e => {
7    // Do something with error
8  });

AxeBuilder#include(selector: String | String[])

Adds a CSS selector to the list of elements to include in analysis

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).include('.results-panel');

Method chaining is also available, add multiple CSS selectors to the list of elements to include in analysis

1new AxeBuilder({ page })
2  .include('.selector-one')
3  .include('.selector-two')
4  .include('.selector-three');

Note: arrays with more than one index when passing multiple CSS selectors are not currently supported example: .include(['#foo', '#bar', '#baz'])

AxeBuilder#exclude(selector: String | String[])

Add a CSS selector to the list of elements to exclude from analysis

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).exclude('.another-element');

Method chaining is also available, add multiple CSS selectors to the list of elements to exclude from analysis

1new AxeBuilder({ page })
2  .exclude('.selector-one')
3  .exclude('.selector-two')
4  .exclude('.selector-three');

Note: arrays with more than one index when passing multiple CSS selectors are not currently supported example: .exclude(['#foo', '#bar', '#baz'])

AxeBuilder#options(options: axe.RunOptions)

Specifies options to be used by axe.run. Will override any other configured options. including calls to AxeBuilder#withRules() and AxeBuilder#withTags(). See axe-core API documentation for information on its structure.

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).options({ checks: { 'valid-lang': ['orcish'] } });

AxeBuilder#withRules(rules: String|Array)

Limits analysis to only those with the specified rule IDs. Accepts a String of a single rule ID or an Array of multiple rule IDs. Subsequent calls to AxeBuilder#options, AxeBuilder#withRules or AxeBuilder#withRules will override specified options.

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).withRules('html-lang');

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).withRules(['html-lang', 'image-alt']);

AxeBuilder#withTags(tags: String|Array)

Limits analysis to only those with the specified rule IDs. Accepts a String of a single tag or an Array of multiple tags. Subsequent calls to AxeBuilder#options, AxeBuilder#withRules or AxeBuilder#withRules will override specified options.

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).withTags('wcag2a');

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).withTags(['wcag2a', 'wcag2aa']);

AxeBuilder#disableRules(rules: String|Array)

Skips verification of the rules provided. Accepts a String of a single rule ID or an Array of multiple rule IDs. Subsequent calls to AxeBuilder#options, AxeBuilder#disableRules will override specified options.

1new AxeBuilder({ page }).disableRules('color-contrast');

AxeBuilder#setLegacyMode(legacyMode: boolean = true)

Set the frame testing method to "legacy mode". In this mode, axe will not open a blank page in which to aggregate its results. This can be used in an environment where opening a blank page is causes issues.

With legacy mode turned on, axe will fall back to its test solution prior to the 4.3 release, but with cross-origin frame testing disabled. The frame-tested rule will report which frames were untested.

Important Use of .setLegacyMode() is a last resort. If you find there is no other solution, please report this as an issue.

1const axe = new AxeBuilder({ page }).setLegacyMode();
2const result = await axe.analyze();
3axe.setLegacyMode(false); // Disables legacy mode

No vulnerabilities found.

10

Maintained

Determines if the project is "actively maintained".

10

Security-Policy

Determines if the project has published a security policy.

10

Binary-Artifacts

Determines if the project has generated executable (binary) artifacts in the source repository.

10

Code-Review

Determines if the project requires human code review before pull requests (aka merge requests) are merged.

10

Dangerous-Workflow

Determines if the project's GitHub Action workflows avoid dangerous patterns.

10

License

Determines if the project has defined a license.

5

Pinned-Dependencies

Determines if the project has declared and pinned the dependencies of its build process.

Reason

dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 5

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CII-Best-Practices

Determines if the project has an OpenSSF (formerly CII) Best Practices Badge.

0

Token-Permissions

Determines if the project's workflows follow the principle of least privilege.

0

Fuzzing

Determines if the project uses fuzzing.

0

SAST

Determines if the project uses static code analysis.

0

Vulnerabilities

Determines if the project has open, known unfixed vulnerabilities.

Score

5.9

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-06-16

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Installations

Developer Guide

Yes

CommonJS, ESM

22.16.0

lerna/8.1.3/node@v22.16.0+x64 (linux)

Pull Requests

1

820

269

550

Issues

76

357

281

Releases

Languages

Developer

dequelabs

Download Statistics

GitHub Statistics

Maintainers

Package Meta Information

Total Downloads

37,055,484

Weekly Downloads

Monthly Downloads

Yearly Downloads

Dependencies

Peer Dependencies

Dev Dependencies

@axe-core/playwright

Getting Started

Usage

AxeBuilder({ page: Playwright.Page })

AxeBuilder#analyze(): Promise<axe.Results | Error>

AxeBuilder#include(selector: String | String[])

AxeBuilder#exclude(selector: String | String[])

AxeBuilder#options(options: axe.RunOptions)

AxeBuilder#withRules(rules: String|Array)

AxeBuilder#withTags(tags: String|Array)

AxeBuilder#disableRules(rules: String|Array)

AxeBuilder#setLegacyMode(legacyMode: boolean = true)

10

10

10

10

10

10

5

0

0

0

0

0

5.9

/10