TL;DR: BrowserCat - Official docs (browsercat.com): BrowserCat's browser fleet is reached over a WebSocket at YOUR_HOST.browsercat.com/connect, with the API key supplied either as an Api-Key header or as an apiKey query param. ## The fix To run existing Playwright scripts on BrowserCat's cloud browsers: 1. Sign up, create an API key.

## Fix
1. BrowserCat - Official docs (browsercat.com): BrowserCat's browser fleet is reached over a WebSocket at YOUR_HOST.browsercat.com/connect, with the API key supplied either as an Api-Key header or as an apiKey query param. ## The fix To run existing Playwright scripts on BrowserCat's cloud browsers: 1.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.
2. Swap the launch call for a connect call: const bcatUrl = 'YOUR_HOST.browsercat.com/connect'; const browser = await pw.chromium.connect(bcatUrl, { headers: { 'Api-Key': '[YOUR_API_KEY]' }, }); 3.
   Expected: this specific failure stops.
3. Two auth options, pick the header: the key goes in the Api-Key header, or as an apiKey query param on the URL (YOUR_HOST.browsercat.com/connect?apiKey value ...).
   Expected: this specific failure stops.
4. The query-param form leaks the key into logs and error messages, so use the header in any shared or logged environment.
   Expected: the request routes instead of erroring.

## Details
Sign up, create an API key. 2. Everything after that (newPage, goto, locators) is unchanged. Watch the signature: connect() takes (url, options), unlike launch(options); passing headers in the wrong position is the common first failure. Thread: docs:browsercat:playwright-connect

## When to use
You hit exactly this: BrowserCat: migrate Playwright scripts with chromium.connect() and the Api-Key header, not launch() in BrowserCat.

## When not to use
A different error, or the same symptom in a different tool. This page only covers the failure above.

## Compatibility
BrowserCat.

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## Selected public attribution and original notices/references

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  "client": null,
  "notices_and_references": [
    "https://www.browsercat.com/docs/connect-with/playwright"
  ]
}
```