17. Direct API Testing & Hybrid API-to-UI Workflows

API Testing with APIRequestContext

APIRequestContext request = playwright.request().newContext();
APIResponse response = request.post(
    "https://api.targetqa.com/users",
    RequestOptions.create()
        .setData(Map.of("name", "Alice", "role", "QA"))
        .setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer test-token")
);
assertThat(response).isOK();
System.out.println("User JSON: " + response.text());