TestRail Integration with Playwright | Streamline Test Management

TestRail Integration with Playwright

Test case management ensures critical organization, with traceability, repeatability, also alignment when testing software with business goals.

Why test case management is important:

• Ensures Test Coverage
• Improves Collaboration
• Enables Traceability
• Enhances Quality & Accountability
• Drives Metrics and Reporting

TestRail: A mechanism for manuals with automated test management. TestRail constitutes a strong test case management utility which assists QA teams to track, manage, and organize software testing endeavours efficiently.

Playwright: A Testing framework which is used to automate web applications

Salient attributes entail cross-browser support, auto-waiting, and parallel execution.

Key Benefits of Integrating TestRail with Playwright

• Tracking of manual and automated tests in one place.
• Automatic reporting of Playwright test results to TestRail.
• Automation scripts with test cases have improved traceability.
• Enhanced collaboration between manual QA and automation teams.
• Real-time visibility into test execution and pass/fail rates.
• Better test coverage insights using TestRail’s reporting tools.
• Reduced manual effort in syncing automation results.
• Quick identification of flaky or frequently failing tests.
• Professional test documentation linked to actual execution data.

Read Also :- How to Integrate Selenium Webdriver With Testrail?

Playwright TestRail Setup

Step 1: Pre-requisites:

• Installed Tools:
• Node.js
• In the project, install playwright:

npm init playwright@latest

• TestRail Account :
• TestRail API credentials (username & key)
• Your TestRail URL (e.g., https://example.testrail.io/)
• A created project that includes test cases and test runs.
• TestRail API enabled and API Key or username/password for authentication.

Step 2: Install the TestRail API client using following command:

npm install axios

Step 3: Create a .env file in the project root to store the essential details as global variables.

Step 4: Initialize the credentials in order to generate the test case report and push to testrail.

Step 5: Create testrail-reporter.js file to generate report with pushing it in testrail.

Step 6: Map the testcases according to the testcase ID provided in the project created in the testrail as following:

Read Also :- Robot Framework Integration with TestRail & TestRail CLI

Advantages of TestRail

• User-friendly interface that simplifies test case management.
• Supports various testing methodologies for manual and automated.
• Customised test case templates according to project needs.
• Visual dashboards to review, approve, or reject UI change provided easily.
• Comprehensive reporting and analytics features for tracking test progress and results.
• TestRail supports CI/CD integration.(Only for paid version)

Disadvantages of TestRail

• Paid versions offer some advanced features exclusively for users.
• An internet connection is needed for cloud access, a drawback for some users.

Originally published at https://www.devstringx.com/testrail-integration-with-playwright on August 27, 2025