# shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework architecture

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- Interactive diagram: https://gitdiagram.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework
- Repository: https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework

## Overview

#### Purpose and Entry Points
This is a TypeScript Playwright automation repository for end-to-end UI workflows and API validation. Test execution is configured through `playwright.config.ts`; runnable test entry points are the UI specs under `tests/ui/` and the API spec at `tests/api/test_users_api.spec.ts`.

#### Test Execution Layer
Playwright provides browser automation, test orchestration, cross-browser configuration, and reporting. The repository dependency/runtime boundary is defined by `package.json` and locked in `package-lock.json`; runner behavior is centralized in `playwright.config.ts`.

#### UI Scenario Layer
UI specs model user-facing authentication, shopping, cart, and checkout journeys:
- `tests/ui/test_login.spec.ts`
- `tests/ui/test_cart.spec.ts`
- `tests/ui/test_checkout.spec.ts`

These specs should express assertions and workflow intent while delegating browser interactions to page objects.

#### Page Object Model Boundary
The `pages/` directory encapsulates UI selectors and actions, isolating tests from page-level implementation details:
- `pages/base_page.ts`
- `pages/login_page.ts`
- `pages/inventory_page.ts`
- `pages/cart_page.ts`

`base_page.ts` is the shared abstraction point for common page/browser operations. Login, inventory, and cart objects represent the primary application-state transitions used by the UI flows.

#### API Validation Layer
API tests are separated from browser tests in `tests/api/test_users_api.spec.ts`. This is the external-service boundary: requests are expected to use the API client dependencies described in the README (Axios or `node-fetch`) rather than Playwright page interactions. API outcomes can validate backend user behavior independently of UI journeys.

#### Primary Control and Data Flow
Execution begins with the Playwright runner loading `playwright.config.ts`, discovering specs under `tests/`, and creating browser/page contexts for UI tests. UI specs invoke page-object actions, which drive the target application through login → inventory/product selection → cart → checkout states. API specs instead issue HTTP requests to the target users service and assert response behavior. Test results flow into Playwright’s built-in reporting output.

#### Runtime and Infrastructure
The material runtime is Node.js with TypeScript and Playwright. External dependencies include the browser-under-test UI application and a users API endpoint. The README describes GitHub Actions CI/CD and generated HTML reports, but no `.github/` workflow is present in the supplied tree; operational CI configuration therefore appears external or not currently checked in.

Main entry points: [`pages/cart_page.ts`](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/cart_page.ts) (Cart page), [`tests/ui/test_cart.spec.ts`](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/ui/test_cart.spec.ts) (Cart workflow), [`pages/login_page.ts`](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/login_page.ts) (Login page), [`pages/inventory_page.ts`](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/inventory_page.ts) (Inventory page)

## Diagram (Mermaid)

```mermaid
flowchart TD

subgraph group_runtime["Runtime"]
  node_package["Node dependencies<br/>package manifest<br/>[package.json]"]
  node_lockfile["Locked dependencies<br/>lockfile<br/>[package-lock.json]"]
  node_playwright_config["Playwright config<br/>runner configuration"]
  node_playwright_runner{{"Playwright runner<br/>test orchestrator"}}
  node_reporting["Test reports<br/>report output"]
end

subgraph group_tests["Test Suites"]
  node_login_spec["Login workflow<br/>UI spec<br/>[test_login.spec.ts]"]
  node_cart_spec["Cart workflow<br/>UI spec<br/>[test_cart.spec.ts]"]
  node_checkout_spec["Checkout workflow<br/>UI spec"]
  node_users_api_spec["Users API validation<br/>API spec"]
end

subgraph group_pages["Page Objects"]
  node_base_page["Base page<br/>shared page abstraction<br/>[base_page.ts]"]
  node_login_page["Login page<br/>page object<br/>[login_page.ts]"]
  node_inventory_page["Inventory page<br/>page object<br/>[inventory_page.ts]"]
  node_cart_page["Cart page<br/>page object<br/>[cart_page.ts]"]
end

subgraph group_external["External Systems"]
  node_ui_application{{"Browser-under-test UI<br/>external web application"}}
  node_users_api{{"Users API endpoint<br/>external HTTP service"}}
end

node_package -->|"resolved by"| node_lockfile
node_package -->|"provides runtime"| node_playwright_runner
node_playwright_config -->|"configures"| node_playwright_runner
node_playwright_runner -->|"discovers and runs"| node_login_spec
node_playwright_runner -->|"discovers and runs"| node_cart_spec
node_playwright_runner -->|"discovers and runs"| node_checkout_spec
node_playwright_runner -->|"discovers and runs"| node_users_api_spec
node_playwright_runner -->|"writes results"| node_reporting
node_login_spec -->|"uses"| node_login_page
node_cart_spec -->|"uses"| node_inventory_page
node_cart_spec -->|"uses"| node_cart_page
node_checkout_spec -->|"uses"| node_cart_page
node_login_page -->|"shares operations"| node_base_page
node_inventory_page -->|"shares operations"| node_base_page
node_cart_page -->|"shares operations"| node_base_page
node_login_page -->|"drives login"| node_ui_application
node_inventory_page -->|"drives product selection"| node_ui_application
node_cart_page -->|"drives cart and checkout"| node_ui_application
node_users_api_spec -->|"issues HTTP requests"| node_users_api

click node_package "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/package.json"
click node_lockfile "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/package-lock.json"
click node_playwright_config "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/playwright.config.ts"
click node_login_spec "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/ui/test_login.spec.ts"
click node_cart_spec "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/ui/test_cart.spec.ts"
click node_checkout_spec "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/ui/test_checkout.spec.ts"
click node_users_api_spec "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/api/test_users_api.spec.ts"
click node_base_page "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/base_page.ts"
click node_login_page "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/login_page.ts"
click node_inventory_page "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/inventory_page.ts"
click node_cart_page "https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/cart_page.ts"

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class node_package,node_lockfile,node_playwright_config,node_playwright_runner,node_reporting toneBlue
class node_login_spec,node_cart_spec,node_checkout_spec,node_users_api_spec toneAmber
class node_base_page,node_login_page,node_inventory_page,node_cart_page toneMint
class node_ui_application,node_users_api toneRose
```

## Components

### Runtime

- [Node dependencies](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/package.json): package manifest · Defines the TypeScript, Playwright, and HTTP client runtime boundary. · `package.json`
- [Locked dependencies](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/package-lock.json): lockfile · `package-lock.json`
- [Playwright config](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/playwright.config.ts): runner configuration · Centralizes test discovery, browser setup, and reporting behavior. · `playwright.config.ts`
- **Playwright runner**: test orchestrator · Discovers specs and creates browser/page contexts for UI tests.
- **Test reports**: report output · Built-in Playwright results and generated HTML reporting output.

### Test Suites

- [Login workflow](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/ui/test_login.spec.ts): UI spec · `tests/ui/test_login.spec.ts`
- [Cart workflow](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/ui/test_cart.spec.ts): UI spec · `tests/ui/test_cart.spec.ts`
- [Checkout workflow](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/ui/test_checkout.spec.ts): UI spec · `tests/ui/test_checkout.spec.ts`
- [Users API validation](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/tests/api/test_users_api.spec.ts): API spec · Validates user-service responses independently of browser journeys. · `tests/api/test_users_api.spec.ts`

### Page Objects

- [Base page](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/base_page.ts): shared page abstraction · Provides common page and browser operations. · `pages/base_page.ts`
- [Login page](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/login_page.ts): page object · `pages/login_page.ts`
- [Inventory page](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/inventory_page.ts): page object · `pages/inventory_page.ts`
- [Cart page](https://github.com/shree0410/playwright-typescript-automation-framework/blob/main/pages/cart_page.ts): page object · `pages/cart_page.ts`

### External Systems

- **Browser-under-test UI**: external web application · Receives browser interactions across login, inventory, cart, and checkout states.
- **Users API endpoint**: external HTTP service

## Connections

- Node dependencies → Locked dependencies: resolved by
- Node dependencies → Playwright runner: provides runtime
- Playwright config → Playwright runner: configures
- Playwright runner → Login workflow: discovers and runs
- Playwright runner → Cart workflow: discovers and runs
- Playwright runner → Checkout workflow: discovers and runs
- Playwright runner → Users API validation: discovers and runs
- Playwright runner → Test reports: writes results
- Login workflow → Login page: uses
- Cart workflow → Inventory page: uses
- Cart workflow → Cart page: uses
- Checkout workflow → Cart page: uses
- Login page → Base page: shares operations
- Inventory page → Base page: shares operations
- Cart page → Base page: shares operations
- Login page → Browser-under-test UI: drives login
- Inventory page → Browser-under-test UI: drives product selection
- Cart page → Browser-under-test UI: drives cart and checkout
- Users API validation → Users API endpoint: issues HTTP requests