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playwright_rs/protocol/
screencast.rs

1//! Live screencast frame streaming, optional disk recording, and
2//! action / chapter / HTML overlays.
3//!
4//! Available on every [`Page`] via
5//! [`screencast()`](crate::protocol::Page::screencast). Once started,
6//! the Playwright server streams JPEG frames as they're rendered,
7//! delivered to handlers registered with [`Screencast::on_frame`].
8//! Optionally records to disk via the [`Artifact`](crate::protocol::artifact::Artifact)
9//! save-on-stop pathway, and can overlay action labels, chapter cards,
10//! or arbitrary HTML on the streamed frames.
11//!
12//! The action / chapter / HTML overlay surfaces are useful for "agent
13//! receipts" — an LLM-driven flow can produce annotated video logs of
14//! what it did alongside the action log.
15//!
16//! # Disk recording vs the Video class
17//!
18//! [`Video`](crate::protocol::Video) and [`Screencast`] cover
19//! complementary lifecycles, both backed by the same underlying
20//! `Artifact` save mechanism:
21//!
22//! - **`Video`** — automatic, captures the entire page session from
23//!   open to close. Enabled with `BrowserContextOptions::record_video`.
24//!   Use when you want a continuous recording over the whole session.
25//! - **`Screencast::start({ path })`** — user-initiated, captures only
26//!   during the start/stop window, saves to `path` on stop. Use when
27//!   you want a recording that brackets a specific phase.
28//!
29//! # Example
30//!
31//! ```no_run
32//! use playwright_rs::{Playwright, ScreencastStartOptions};
33//!
34//! #[tokio::main]
35//! async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
36//!     let pw = Playwright::launch().await?;
37//!     let browser = pw.chromium().launch().await?;
38//!     let page = browser.new_page().await?;
39//!     let screencast = page.screencast();
40//!
41//!     // Stream frames live
42//!     screencast.on_frame(|frame| async move {
43//!         println!("got {} byte frame", frame.data.len());
44//!         Ok(())
45//!     });
46//!
47//!     screencast.start(ScreencastStartOptions::default()
48//!         .path(std::path::PathBuf::from("/tmp/run.webm"))).await?;
49//!
50//!     page.goto("https://example.com", None).await?;
51//!     screencast.show_chapter(
52//!         "Logged in",
53//!         Default::default(),
54//!     ).await?;
55//!
56//!     screencast.stop().await?; // saves /tmp/run.webm
57//!     browser.close().await?;
58//!     Ok(())
59//! }
60//! ```
61//!
62//! See: <https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-screencast>
63
64use crate::error::Result;
65use crate::protocol::page::Page;
66use crate::server::channel_owner::ChannelOwner;
67use std::path::PathBuf;
68
69/// A single frame emitted while a screencast is active. Wire format is
70/// JPEG; `data` holds the raw bytes ready to write to disk or pass to
71/// an image decoder.
72///
73/// `data` is a [`bytes::Bytes`] handle so the decoded JPEG is allocated
74/// exactly once per frame and cloning into each registered handler is
75/// a refcount bump rather than a memcpy. `Bytes` implements
76/// `Deref<Target = [u8]>`, so existing reads (`frame.data.len()`,
77/// `&frame.data[..]`, `tokio::fs::write(path, &frame.data)`) compile
78/// unchanged from the previous `Vec<u8>` shape.
79#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
80#[non_exhaustive]
81pub struct ScreencastFrame {
82    /// JPEG-encoded frame bytes.
83    pub data: bytes::Bytes,
84}
85
86/// Options for [`Screencast::start`].
87#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
88#[non_exhaustive]
89pub struct ScreencastStartOptions {
90    /// Output frame size. When `None`, Playwright uses the page's
91    /// current viewport size.
92    pub size: Option<ScreencastSize>,
93    /// JPEG quality, `0..=100`. Server default is implementation-defined.
94    pub quality: Option<i32>,
95    /// When set, the screencast is also recorded to a file at this
96    /// path. The file is written on [`Screencast::stop`]. The recording
97    /// covers only the active start/stop window — for a continuous
98    /// "always-on" recording over the whole page session, use
99    /// `BrowserContextOptions::record_video` instead (the `Video`
100    /// class).
101    pub path: Option<PathBuf>,
102}
103
104impl ScreencastStartOptions {
105    /// Output video size.
106    pub fn size(mut self, size: ScreencastSize) -> Self {
107        self.size = Some(size);
108        self
109    }
110    /// Video quality (codec-specific).
111    pub fn quality(mut self, quality: i32) -> Self {
112        self.quality = Some(quality);
113        self
114    }
115    /// Output file path.
116    pub fn path(mut self, path: PathBuf) -> Self {
117        self.path = Some(path);
118        self
119    }
120}
121
122/// Pixel dimensions for a screencast frame.
123#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
124pub struct ScreencastSize {
125    pub width: i32,
126    pub height: i32,
127}
128
129/// Position for the action-label overlay.
130#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
131#[non_exhaustive]
132pub enum ActionPosition {
133    TopLeft,
134    Top,
135    TopRight,
136    BottomLeft,
137    Bottom,
138    BottomRight,
139}
140
141impl ActionPosition {
142    pub(crate) fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
143        match self {
144            ActionPosition::TopLeft => "top-left",
145            ActionPosition::Top => "top",
146            ActionPosition::TopRight => "top-right",
147            ActionPosition::BottomLeft => "bottom-left",
148            ActionPosition::Bottom => "bottom",
149            ActionPosition::BottomRight => "bottom-right",
150        }
151    }
152}
153
154/// Options for [`Screencast::show_actions`].
155#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
156#[non_exhaustive]
157pub struct ShowActionsOptions {
158    /// How long each action label stays on screen (milliseconds).
159    pub duration: Option<f64>,
160    /// Where the label appears.
161    pub position: Option<ActionPosition>,
162    /// Label font size, pixels.
163    pub font_size: Option<i32>,
164}
165
166impl ShowActionsOptions {
167    /// How long to show each action, in milliseconds.
168    pub fn duration(mut self, duration: f64) -> Self {
169        self.duration = Some(duration);
170        self
171    }
172    /// Where to render the action labels.
173    pub fn position(mut self, position: ActionPosition) -> Self {
174        self.position = Some(position);
175        self
176    }
177    /// Label font size in pixels.
178    pub fn font_size(mut self, font_size: i32) -> Self {
179        self.font_size = Some(font_size);
180        self
181    }
182}
183
184/// Options for [`Screencast::show_chapter`].
185#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
186#[non_exhaustive]
187pub struct ChapterOptions {
188    /// Optional second line under the chapter title.
189    pub description: Option<String>,
190    /// How long the chapter card stays on screen (milliseconds).
191    pub duration: Option<f64>,
192}
193
194impl ChapterOptions {
195    /// Chapter description text.
196    pub fn description(mut self, description: impl Into<String>) -> Self {
197        self.description = Some(description.into());
198        self
199    }
200    /// Chapter duration, in milliseconds.
201    pub fn duration(mut self, duration: f64) -> Self {
202        self.duration = Some(duration);
203        self
204    }
205}
206
207/// Options for [`Screencast::show_overlay`].
208#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
209#[non_exhaustive]
210pub struct ShowOverlayOptions {
211    /// How long the overlay stays on screen (milliseconds).
212    pub duration: Option<f64>,
213}
214
215impl ShowOverlayOptions {
216    /// How long to show the overlay, in milliseconds.
217    pub fn duration(mut self, duration: f64) -> Self {
218        self.duration = Some(duration);
219        self
220    }
221}
222
223/// Identifier for an active HTML overlay; pass to
224/// [`Screencast::remove_overlay`] to dismiss the overlay before its
225/// duration expires.
226#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
227pub struct OverlayId(pub String);
228
229/// Live frame-streaming entry point. Obtained from
230/// [`Page::screencast`](crate::protocol::Page::screencast).
231#[derive(Clone)]
232pub struct Screencast {
233    page: Page,
234}
235
236impl Screencast {
237    pub(crate) fn new(page: Page) -> Self {
238        Self { page }
239    }
240
241    /// Begin streaming. Frames arrive on handlers registered via
242    /// [`on_frame`](Self::on_frame); register them before calling
243    /// `start` so no frames are missed.
244    ///
245    /// If `options.path` is set, the screencast is also recorded to
246    /// disk; the file is written when [`stop`](Self::stop) is called.
247    #[tracing::instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid()))]
248    pub async fn start(&self, options: ScreencastStartOptions) -> Result<()> {
249        self.page.screencast_start(options).await
250    }
251
252    /// Stop the screencast. If `start` was called with a `path`, the
253    /// recorded file is written to that path before this call returns.
254    #[tracing::instrument(level = "info", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid()))]
255    pub async fn stop(&self) -> Result<()> {
256        self.page.screencast_stop().await
257    }
258
259    /// Register a handler for incoming frames. Multiple handlers may be
260    /// registered; they fire in order for each frame.
261    pub fn on_frame<F, Fut>(&self, handler: F)
262    where
263        F: Fn(ScreencastFrame) -> Fut + Send + Sync + 'static,
264        Fut: std::future::Future<Output = Result<()>> + Send + 'static,
265    {
266        self.page.screencast_on_frame(handler);
267    }
268
269    /// Overlay action labels on the streamed frames as actions occur.
270    /// Pair with [`hide_actions`](Self::hide_actions) to stop.
271    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid()))]
272    pub async fn show_actions(&self, options: ShowActionsOptions) -> Result<()> {
273        self.page.screencast_show_actions(options).await
274    }
275
276    /// Stop overlaying action labels. No-op if not currently shown.
277    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid()))]
278    pub async fn hide_actions(&self) -> Result<()> {
279        self.page.screencast_hide_actions().await
280    }
281
282    /// Show a chapter card with the given title (and optional
283    /// description). Useful for splitting a session into named phases
284    /// for an agent's video log.
285    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid(), title = %title))]
286    pub async fn show_chapter(&self, title: &str, options: ChapterOptions) -> Result<()> {
287        self.page.screencast_chapter(title, options).await
288    }
289
290    /// Render arbitrary HTML as an overlay. Returns an [`OverlayId`]
291    /// you can pass to [`remove_overlay`](Self::remove_overlay) to
292    /// dismiss it early; otherwise it dismisses itself after
293    /// `options.duration` (if set) or stays until removed.
294    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid()))]
295    pub async fn show_overlay(&self, html: &str, options: ShowOverlayOptions) -> Result<OverlayId> {
296        self.page.screencast_show_overlay(html, options).await
297    }
298
299    /// Remove an overlay previously created via
300    /// [`show_overlay`](Self::show_overlay). Idempotent.
301    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid()))]
302    pub async fn remove_overlay(&self, id: OverlayId) -> Result<()> {
303        self.page.screencast_remove_overlay(id).await
304    }
305
306    /// Toggle visibility of all currently-shown overlays without
307    /// removing them. Useful for hiding overlays during a section the
308    /// agent considers "noise" and re-showing them later.
309    #[tracing::instrument(level = "debug", skip_all, fields(page_guid = %self.page.guid(), visible))]
310    pub async fn set_overlay_visible(&self, visible: bool) -> Result<()> {
311        self.page.screencast_set_overlay_visible(visible).await
312    }
313}