Installing Playwright with Chrome in a Docker Container

To ensure that Playwright with Chrome headless is properly installed in your Docker container, you'll need to:

1. Install Playwright via pip
2. Install the browser dependencies
3. Install the Chrome browser itself

Here's how to modify your Dockerfile:

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FROM python:3.13

# Install system dependencies required for Playwright browsers
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    wget \
    gnupg \
    ca-certificates \
    fonts-liberation \
    libasound2 \
    libatk-bridge2.0-0 \
    libatk1.0-0 \
    libatspi2.0-0 \
    libcups2 \
    libdbus-1-3 \
    libdrm2 \
    libgbm1 \
    libgtk-3-0 \
    libnspr4 \
    libnss3 \
    libxcomposite1 \
    libxdamage1 \
    libxfixes3 \
    libxkbcommon0 \
    libxrandr2 \
    xdg-utils \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Install Playwright
RUN pip install playwright
# Install the browsers (this will install Chrome/Chromium)
RUN playwright install chromium

# Your other Dockerfile instructions...

The key points:

1. The apt-get install command installs the necessary system dependencies for Chrome to run in headless mode
2. pip install playwright installs the Playwright Python package
3. playwright install chromium downloads and installs the Chromium browser that Playwright will use

By default, Playwright will install browsers in the following location:

• Linux: ~/.cache/ms-playwright

If you need to use the actual Google Chrome instead of Chromium, you can use:

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RUN playwright install chrome

When using Playwright in your Django application, you can then create browser instances with:

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from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright

with sync_playwright() as p:
    browser = p.chromium.launch(headless=True)
    # Use the browser...
    browser.close()

This setup ensures that Chrome/Chromium will be available in your Docker container for Playwright to use.