Playwright Fallback Stack (Search-First)

The Problem

Pure Playwright pipelines for gov sites or large public targets break weekly on Cloudflare/captcha walls. Maintenance burden eats the agent's value.

The Scavio Solution

Route by target type: indexed/public targets -> Scavio (structured Google SERP + extract); auth-gated/JS-only targets -> Playwright/Stagehand/Browserbase. Two-tier architecture cuts the captcha exposure surface 80-95%.

Who It Is For

Gov-data agent builders, compliance-monitoring teams, B2B research agents handling mixed public + auth-gated targets.

Key Benefits

• 80-95% reduction in captcha exposure
• Cheaper per-target on indexed pages ($0.0043 vs browser-time)
• Cleaner agent tool surface (search-first)
• Playwright kept for auth-gated edge cases
• Stack cost ~$30 + Browserbase Developer $20/mo

Python Example

import requests, os
H = {'x-api-key': os.environ['SCAVIO_API_KEY']}

def search_first(target, dork):
    if target.requires_auth or target.is_js_only:
        return playwright_fetch(target.url)  # Browserbase / Stagehand
    return requests.post('https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search', headers=H, json={'query': dork}).json()

JavaScript Example

const searchFirst = async (target, dork) => {
  if (target.requiresAuth || target.isJsOnly) return await playwrightFetch(target.url);
  return await fetch('https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search', { method:'POST', headers, body: JSON.stringify({ query: dork }) }).then(r => r.json());
};

Platforms Used