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# [🧪 Building Playwright Framework Step By Step - Implementing API Tests](https://idavidov.eu/building-playwright-framework-step-by-step-implementing-api-tests?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

API testing in Playwright focuses on directly interacting with web applications at the API level, aiming to validate the functionality, reliability, efficie

Jun 5, 2025 · 8 min read · idavidov.eu  
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## Written by

[Ivan Davidov](https://hashnode.com/@idavidov)

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♾️ Agentic Quality Engineer · Creator of the Agentic Playwright Scaffold · Founder of ArchQA · Global Agentic Playwright Test Automation Workshops · Trained 4k+ engineers

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## Responses 1

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[Misha](https://hashnode.com/@mpqa)

[Sep 3, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-playwright-framework-step-by-step-implementing-api-tests/68414f5083a0d317d8372dd0/comment/68b86f25cf07d17b5cbac72b)

Thank a lot for the post! Is it correct that apiRequest is an earlier equivalent of request?

[Ivan Davidov](https://hashnode.com/@idavidov)

[Sep 3, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-playwright-framework-step-by-step-implementing-api-tests/68414f5083a0d317d8372dd0/comment/68b86f25cf07d17b5cbac72b#reply-68b888ba647ee99a0c96c26e)

Hi, Misha,

First apiRequest, created in the file plain-function.ts is an abstraction of playwright requests, which takes a few mandatory parameters as request (playwright default fixture), Method and url, and a few optional - baseUrl,body and headers. After that we use it to create a custom fixure, where we attach automatiocaly the request, coming from Playwright, in order to have direct access to it through our tests. Hope this is helpful to you. The best part is that the complete setup can be used in every Playwright Framework with minor reworks

[Misha](https://hashnode.com/@mpqa)

[Sep 3, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-playwright-framework-step-by-step-implementing-api-tests/68414f5083a0d317d8372dd0/comment/68b86f25cf07d17b5cbac72b#reply-68b88c201803e31bd3597ac8)

[Ivan Davidov](https://hashnode.com/@idavidov) Thanks for the clarification!

[Ivan Davidov](https://hashnode.com/@idavidov)

[Sep 4, 2025](https://hashnode.com/posts/building-playwright-framework-step-by-step-implementing-api-tests/68414f5083a0d317d8372dd0/comment/68b86f25cf07d17b5cbac72b#reply-68b928f8173ee060d89d77f6)

[Misha](https://hashnode.com/@mpqa) You are welcome!