/** * global.setup.ts * * What: Authenticates to WordPress admin once and persists the session to disk. * Who triggers it: Playwright "setup" project, runs before all smoke tests. * Dependencies: WP_ADMIN_USER and WP_ADMIN_PASSWORD env vars. * * The saved auth state (playwright/.auth/admin.json) is reused by the * "chromium" project so individual tests don't each incur a login round-trip. */ import { test as setup, expect } from '@playwright/test'; import * as path from 'path'; import * as fs from 'fs'; const AUTH_FILE = path.join(__dirname, 'playwright/.auth/admin.json'); setup('authenticate as WP admin', async ({ page }) => { const user = process.env.WP_ADMIN_USER; const password = process.env.WP_ADMIN_PASSWORD; if (!user || !password) { throw new Error( 'WP_ADMIN_USER and WP_ADMIN_PASSWORD must be set in .env or CI secrets' ); } // Ensure directory exists fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(AUTH_FILE), { recursive: true }); await page.goto('/wp-login.php'); await page.fill('#user_login', user); await page.fill('#user_pass', password); await page.click('#wp-submit'); // Wait for successful redirect to wp-admin dashboard await expect(page).toHaveURL(/wp-admin/, { timeout: 20_000 }); await expect(page.locator('#wpadminbar')).toBeVisible(); // Persist session cookies + localStorage to disk await page.context().storageState({ path: AUTH_FILE }); });