feat: add failOnStatusCode option to API request context

docs/src/api/class-apirequest.md

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Creates new instances of [APIRequestContext].
 ### option: APIRequest.newContext.extraHTTPHeaders = %%-context-option-extrahttpheaders-%%
 * since: v1.16
 
+### option: APIRequest.newContext.apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus = %%-context-option-apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus-%%
+* since: v1.51
+
 ### option: APIRequest.newContext.httpCredentials = %%-context-option-httpcredentials-%%
 * since: v1.16
 

docs/src/api/params.md

@@ -620,6 +620,11 @@ A list of permissions to grant to all pages in this context. See
 
 An object containing additional HTTP headers to be sent with every request. Defaults to none.
 
+## context-option-apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus
+- `apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus` <[boolean]> 
+
+An object containing an option to throw an error when API request returns status codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By default, response object is returned for all status codes.
+
 ## context-option-offline
 - `offline` <[boolean]>
 
@@ -965,6 +970,7 @@ between the same pixel in compared images, between zero (strict) and one (lax),
 - %%-context-option-locale-%%
 - %%-context-option-permissions-%%
 - %%-context-option-extrahttpheaders-%%
+- %%-context-option-apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus-%%
 - %%-context-option-offline-%%
 - %%-context-option-httpcredentials-%%
 - %%-context-option-colorscheme-%%

packages/playwright-core/src/protocol/validator.ts

@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ scheme.PlaywrightNewRequestParams = tObject({
   userAgent: tOptional(tString),
   ignoreHTTPSErrors: tOptional(tBoolean),
   extraHTTPHeaders: tOptional(tArray(tType('NameValue'))),
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: tOptional(tBoolean),
   clientCertificates: tOptional(tArray(tObject({
     origin: tString,
     cert: tOptional(tBinary),
@@ -568,6 +569,7 @@ scheme.BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextParams = tObject({
   })),
   permissions: tOptional(tArray(tString)),
   extraHTTPHeaders: tOptional(tArray(tType('NameValue'))),
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: tOptional(tBoolean),
   offline: tOptional(tBoolean),
   httpCredentials: tOptional(tObject({
     username: tString,
@@ -654,6 +656,7 @@ scheme.BrowserNewContextParams = tObject({
   })),
   permissions: tOptional(tArray(tString)),
   extraHTTPHeaders: tOptional(tArray(tType('NameValue'))),
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: tOptional(tBoolean),
   offline: tOptional(tBoolean),
   httpCredentials: tOptional(tObject({
     username: tString,
@@ -723,6 +726,7 @@ scheme.BrowserNewContextForReuseParams = tObject({
   })),
   permissions: tOptional(tArray(tString)),
   extraHTTPHeaders: tOptional(tArray(tType('NameValue'))),
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: tOptional(tBoolean),
   offline: tOptional(tBoolean),
   httpCredentials: tOptional(tObject({
     username: tString,
@@ -2620,6 +2624,7 @@ scheme.AndroidDeviceLaunchBrowserParams = tObject({
   })),
   permissions: tOptional(tArray(tString)),
   extraHTTPHeaders: tOptional(tArray(tType('NameValue'))),
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: tOptional(tBoolean),
   offline: tOptional(tBoolean),
   httpCredentials: tOptional(tObject({
     username: tString,

packages/playwright-core/src/server/fetch.ts

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import { TLSSocket } from 'tls';
 type FetchRequestOptions = {
   userAgent: string;
   extraHTTPHeaders?: HeadersArray;
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean;
   httpCredentials?: HTTPCredentials;
   proxy?: ProxySettings;
   timeoutSettings: TimeoutSettings;
@@ -205,7 +206,8 @@ export abstract class APIRequestContext extends SdkObject {
     });
     const fetchUid = this._storeResponseBody(fetchResponse.body);
     this.fetchLog.set(fetchUid, controller.metadata.log);
-    if (params.failOnStatusCode && (fetchResponse.status < 200 || fetchResponse.status >= 400)) {
+    const failOnStatusCode = params.failOnStatusCode !== undefined ? params.failOnStatusCode : !!defaults.apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus;
+    if (failOnStatusCode && (fetchResponse.status < 200 || fetchResponse.status >= 400)) {
       let responseText = '';
       if (fetchResponse.body.byteLength) {
         let text = fetchResponse.body.toString('utf8');
@@ -610,6 +612,7 @@ export class BrowserContextAPIRequestContext extends APIRequestContext {
     return {
       userAgent: this._context._options.userAgent || this._context._browser.userAgent(),
       extraHTTPHeaders: this._context._options.extraHTTPHeaders,
+      apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: this._context._options.apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus,
       httpCredentials: this._context._options.httpCredentials,
       proxy: this._context._options.proxy || this._context._browser.options.proxy,
       timeoutSettings: this._context._timeoutSettings,
@@ -661,6 +664,7 @@ export class GlobalAPIRequestContext extends APIRequestContext {
       baseURL: options.baseURL,
       userAgent: options.userAgent || getUserAgent(),
       extraHTTPHeaders: options.extraHTTPHeaders,
+      apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: !!options.apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus,
       ignoreHTTPSErrors: !!options.ignoreHTTPSErrors,
       httpCredentials: options.httpCredentials,
       clientCertificates: options.clientCertificates,

packages/playwright-core/types/types.d.ts

@@ -9683,6 +9683,12 @@ export interface Browser {
      */
     acceptDownloads?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An object containing an option to throw an error when API request returns status codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By
+     * default, response object is returned for all status codes.
+     */
+    apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * When using [page.goto(url[, options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-goto),
      * [page.route(url, handler[, options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-route),
@@ -14685,6 +14691,12 @@ export interface BrowserType<Unused = {}> {
      */
     acceptDownloads?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An object containing an option to throw an error when API request returns status codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By
+     * default, response object is returned for all status codes.
+     */
+    apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * **NOTE** Use custom browser args at your own risk, as some of them may break Playwright functionality.
      *
@@ -16568,6 +16580,12 @@ export interface AndroidDevice {
      */
     acceptDownloads?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * An object containing an option to throw an error when API request returns status codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By
+     * default, response object is returned for all status codes.
+     */
+    apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * **NOTE** Use custom browser args at your own risk, as some of them may break Playwright functionality.
      *
@@ -17407,6 +17425,12 @@ export interface APIRequest {
    * @param options
    */
   newContext(options?: {
+    /**
+     * An object containing an option to throw an error when API request returns status codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By
+     * default, response object is returned for all status codes.
+     */
+    apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Methods like
      * [apiRequestContext.get(url[, options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-apirequestcontext#api-request-context-get)
@@ -21877,6 +21901,12 @@ export interface BrowserContextOptions {
    */
   acceptDownloads?: boolean;
 
+  /**
+   * An object containing an option to throw an error when API request returns status codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By
+   * default, response object is returned for all status codes.
+   */
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * When using [page.goto(url[, options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-goto),
    * [page.route(url, handler[, options])](https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-page#page-route),

packages/protocol/src/channels.d.ts

@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ export type PlaywrightNewRequestParams = {
   userAgent?: string,
   ignoreHTTPSErrors?: boolean,
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   clientCertificates?: {
     origin: string,
     cert?: Binary,
@@ -619,6 +620,7 @@ export type PlaywrightNewRequestOptions = {
   userAgent?: string,
   ignoreHTTPSErrors?: boolean,
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   clientCertificates?: {
     origin: string,
     cert?: Binary,
@@ -992,6 +994,7 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextParams = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
@@ -1072,6 +1075,7 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextOptions = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
@@ -1187,6 +1191,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextParams = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
@@ -1253,6 +1258,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextOptions = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
@@ -1322,6 +1328,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextForReuseParams = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
@@ -1388,6 +1395,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextForReuseOptions = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
@@ -4737,6 +4745,7 @@ export type AndroidDeviceLaunchBrowserParams = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,
@@ -4801,6 +4810,7 @@ export type AndroidDeviceLaunchBrowserOptions = {
   },
   permissions?: string[],
   extraHTTPHeaders?: NameValue[],
+  apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus?: boolean,
   offline?: boolean,
   httpCredentials?: {
     username: string,

packages/protocol/src/protocol.yml

@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ ContextOptions:
     extraHTTPHeaders:
       type: array?
       items: NameValue
+    apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: boolean?
     offline: boolean?
     httpCredentials:
       type: object?
@@ -693,6 +694,7 @@ Playwright:
         extraHTTPHeaders:
           type: array?
           items: NameValue
+        apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: boolean?
         clientCertificates:
           type: array?
           items:

tests/library/browsercontext-fetchFailOnStatusCode.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { browserTest as it, expect } from '../config/browserTest';
+
+it('should throw when apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus is set to true inside BrowserContext options', async ({ browser, server }) => {
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/34204' });
+  const context = await browser.newContext({ apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: true });
+  server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Length': 10, 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.end('Not found.');
+  });
+  const error = await context.request.fetch(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => e);
+  expect(error.message).toContain('404 Not Found');
+  await context.close();
+});
+
+it('should not throw when failOnStatusCode is set to false inside BrowserContext options', async ({ browser, server }) => {
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/34204' });
+  const context = await browser.newContext({ apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: false });
+  server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Length': 10, 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.end('Not found.');
+  });
+  const error = await context.request.fetch(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => e);
+  expect(error.message).toBeUndefined();
+  await context.close();
+});
+
+it('should throw when apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus is set to true inside browserType.launchPersistentContext options', async ({ browserType, server, createUserDataDir }) => {
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/34204' });
+  const userDataDir = await createUserDataDir();
+  const context = await browserType.launchPersistentContext(userDataDir, { apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: true });
+  server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Length': 10, 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.end('Not found.');
+  });
+  const error = await context.request.fetch(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => e);
+  expect(error.message).toContain('404 Not Found');
+  await context.close();
+});
+
+it('should not throw when apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus is set to false inside browserType.launchPersistentContext options', async ({ browserType, server, createUserDataDir }) => {
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/34204' });
+  const userDataDir = await createUserDataDir();
+  const context = await browserType.launchPersistentContext(userDataDir, { apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: false });
+  server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Length': 10, 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.end('Not found.');
+  });
+  const error = await context.request.fetch(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => e);
+  expect(error.message).toBeUndefined();
+  await context.close();
+});

tests/library/global-fetch.spec.ts

@@ -536,3 +536,27 @@ it('should retry ECONNRESET', {
   expect(requestCount).toBe(4);
   await request.dispose();
 });
+
+it('should throw when apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus is set to true inside APIRequest context options', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/34204' });
+  const request = await playwright.request.newContext({ apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: true });
+  server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Length': 10, 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.end('Not found.');
+  });
+  const error = await request.fetch(server.EMPTY_PAGE).catch(e => e);
+  expect(error.message).toContain('404 Not Found');
+  await request.dispose();
+});
+
+it('should not throw when apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus is set to false inside APIRequest context options', async ({ playwright, server }) => {
+  it.info().annotations.push({ type: 'issue', description: 'https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/34204' });
+  const request = await playwright.request.newContext({ apiRequestFailsOnErrorStatus: false });
+  server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(404, { 'Content-Length': 10, 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+    res.end('Not found.');
+  });
+  const response = await request.fetch(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+  expect(response.status()).toBe(404);
+  await request.dispose();
+});