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Request

The request that the browser performs can be retrieved from the Response when a navigation occurs.

Caution

This API is a work in progress. Some of the following functionalities might behave unexpectedly.

Supported APIs

MethodPlaywright Relevant Distinctions
allHeaders() Returns an object of headers associated to the request including headers added by the browser.
frame()The Frame that initiated the request.
headers()Returns an object of headers associated to the request.
headersArray()An array with all the request HTTP headers.
headerValue(name)Returns the value of the header matching the name. The name is case insensitive.
isNavigationRequest()Returns a boolean stating whether the request is for a navigation.
method()Request’s method (GET, POST, etc.).
postData()Contains the request’s post body, if any.
postDataBuffer()Request’s post body in a binary form, if any.
resourceType()Contains the request’s resource type as it was perceived by the rendering engine.
response()Returns the matching Response object.
size()Unlike Playwright, this method returns an object containing the sizes of request headers and body.
timing()Returns resource timing information for given request.
url()URL of the request.

Example

JavaScript
import { browser } from 'k6/browser';

export const options = {
  scenarios: {
    ui: {
      executor: 'shared-iterations',
      options: {
        browser: {
          type: 'chromium',
        },
      },
    },
  },
};

export default async function () {
  const page = await browser.newPage();

  try {
    const res = await page.goto('https://test.k6.io/');
    const req = res.request();
  } finally {
    await page.close();
  }
}