Hello, we are currently developing a product where we also need to interact with MetaMask. For e2e testing, we want to work with Playwright. Unfortunately, interacting with MetaMask is not that easy. That’s why my question is how one could simplify this process and not have to work with MetaMask vi…

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Hey, thanks for the quick response. Yes, I had tried to get into it. The problem is that we already need to interact with the extension in part to simulate the user. That’s why I’m asking if, for example, there is an API to control the extension. (Unfortunately, I can’t share the link to our GitHub…

Got it , thanks for clarifying. Out of curiosity, are you just driving the extension directly with Playwright, or are you also trying out any of the MetaMask E2E helper libraries like Web3 libraries | MetaMask developer documentation ?

Hey, thanks for the quick reply and sorry for my late response. Unfortunately, I’m not sure how I can intercept an MM request. My goal is to set up an end-to-end test. Do you have any experience with how MetaMask behaves under xvfb? Because everything works fine on our local machines, but in the Git…

Yes, we interact directly with MetaMask. Just as if a user were clicking :slight_smile:

Hi could you share the exact issues when interacting in github, what do you mean by that? Appreciate more details

Hey, sorry for not replying. It completely slipped my mind. Yes, we got it running properly. So if there are any issues, I might be able to help. For me, the problem was that I had bound the server to 127.0.0.1 and the application wasn’t allowed to access it there.

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mattewwade September 6, 2025, 9:54am 8

Thanks for sharing this, I’ve been looking into using Playwright with MetaMask as well. Curious to see if others have managed to get it running smoothly.

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