✅ Slack Notifications for Playwright Test Results

🎯 Goal:

Send a message to a Slack channel when your Playwright tests pass or fail.

🛠 Prerequisites

Node.js project using Playwright

A Slack webhook URL

Optionally, a CI tool (like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI)

🔧 Step 1: Get Your Slack Webhook URL

Go to your Slack workspace.

Create a new Incoming Webhook.

Choose the channel to post in.

Copy the generated Webhook URL (e.g., https://hooks.slack.com/services/...).

📦 Step 2: Install a Request Package (Optional)

If you don't want to use Node's native https, you can install a package like axios:

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npm install axios

📄 Step 3: Create a Slack Notification Script

Create a file called notify-slack.js:

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const axios = require('axios');

const webhookUrl = 'https://hooks.slack.com/services/your/webhook/url';

const status = process.argv[2]; // pass 'passed' or 'failed'

const message = {

  text: `🧪 Playwright Tests *${status.toUpperCase()}*!`,

  icon_emoji: status === 'passed' ? ':white_check_mark:' : ':x:',

  username: 'PlaywrightBot'

};

axios.post(webhookUrl, message)

  .then(() => console.log('Slack notification sent.'))

  .catch(err => console.error('Error sending Slack message:', err));

🧪 Step 4: Modify Your Test Script

Update your package.json test command to use the Slack script based on the result:

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"scripts": {

  "test": "npx playwright test",

  "test:notify": "npm test && node notify-slack.js passed || node notify-slack.js failed"

}

This command:

Runs your tests

Sends a "passed" message if tests succeed

Sends a "failed" message if any test fails

🤖 Step 5: (Optional) Run in CI/CD

In GitHub Actions, for example:

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- name: Run Playwright Tests

  run: npm run test:notify

✅ Result in Slack

You’ll see messages like:

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🧪 Playwright Tests PASSED!

or

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🧪 Playwright Tests FAILED!

With appropriate emojis and labels to alert your team quickly. 

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