[Bug]: 2025/02/17 10:03:14 could not start playwright: please install the driver (v1.50.1) first: %!w(<nil>) exit status 1

[ctao233]

• playwright-go Version: [e.g. latest-v0.5001.0]
• Browser: [e.g. Chromium]
• OS and version: [e.g. Windows 11]
• golang version [1.23.6]

package main

import "github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go"

func main() {
	// ignore unnecessary error handling code
	pw, _ := playwright.Run()
	browser, _ := pw.Chromium.Launch()
	context, _ := browser.NewContext()
	page, _ := context.NewPage()

	_, _ = page.Goto("https://playwright.dev")

	_, err := page.PDF(playwright.PagePdfOptions{
		Path: playwright.String("playwright-example.pdf"),
	})
	// should no error
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

What's the problem with this, that I can't even run examples

[canstand]

Please read: https://github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go#installation

[timbogdanov]

go run github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go/cmd/playwright@latest install --with-deps
# Or
go install github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go/cmd/playwright@latest
playwright install --with-deps

[sanderjson]

I get the same error when trying to build and run a Docker image, but running locally works fine.

@ctao233 after go get -u github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go you need go run github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go/cmd/playwright@latest install --with-deps before running your app.

I am hoping someone might help me understand the issue with my dockerfile...

# --- Builder Stage ---
FROM golang:1.24-bookworm AS builder

WORKDIR /app

# Install required system dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
  git \
  wget \
  unzip && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Copy go.mod and go.sum
COPY go.mod go.sum ./
RUN go mod download

# Install Playwright CLI and Browsers in the Builder Stage
RUN go install github.com/playwright-community/playwright-go/cmd/playwright@latest
RUN playwright install --with-deps

# Copy the application source code
COPY . .

# Build the Go application
RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -o /app/scraper .

# --- Final Stage ---
FROM debian:bookworm-slim

# Install runtime dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
  ca-certificates \
  fonts-liberation \
  libnss3 \
  libnspr4 \
  libdbus-1-3 \
  libatk1.0-0 \
  libatk-bridge2.0-0 \
  libcups2 \
  libdrm2 \
  libgbm1 \
  libasound2 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Set up non-root user
RUN groupadd -r appuser && useradd -r -g appuser -m -d /app -s /sbin/nologin -c "App User" appuser
WORKDIR /app
RUN chown -R appuser:appuser /app

# Copy Playwright browser cache and CLI from builder stage
COPY --from=builder /root/.cache/ms-playwright /home/appuser/.cache/ms-playwright
COPY --from=builder /go/bin/playwright /usr/local/bin/playwright
RUN chown -R appuser:appuser /home/appuser/.cache/ms-playwright

# Copy the compiled Go binary
COPY --from=builder /app/scraper /app/scraper
RUN chown appuser:appuser /app/scraper

# Switch to non-root user
USER appuser

# Environment variables
ENV PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=/home/appuser/.cache/ms-playwright

# Entrypoint
ENTRYPOINT ["/app/scraper"]

[canstand]

playwright-go/Dockerfile.example

Line 12 in c6ac7e7

# Install playwright cli with right version for later use