add playwright setup

.github/workflows/pr-chromatic-tests.yml

@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          cache: 'pip'
+          cache-dependency-path: |
+            backend/requirements/default.txt
+            backend/requirements/dev.txt
+            backend/requirements/model_server.txt
+      - run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install --retries 5 --timeout 30 -r backend/requirements/default.txt
+          pip install --retries 5 --timeout 30 -r backend/requirements/dev.txt
+          pip install --retries 5 --timeout 30 -r backend/requirements/model_server.txt
+        
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -138,9 +153,11 @@ jobs:
           done
           echo "Finished waiting for service."
 
-      - name: Run Playwright tests
-        working-directory: ./web
-        run: npx playwright test
+      - name: Run pytest playwright test init
+        working-directory: ./backend
+        env: 
+          PYTEST_IGNORE_SKIP: true
+        run: pytest -s tests/integration/tests/playwright/test_playwright.py
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
@@ -180,18 +197,22 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 22
+
       - name: Install node dependencies
         working-directory: ./web
         run: npm ci
+
       - name: Download Playwright test results
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: test-results
           path: ./web/test-results
+
       - name: Run Chromatic
         uses: chromaui/action@latest
         with:

backend/tests/integration/tests/playwright/test_playwright.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import os
+
+import pytest
+
+from tests.integration.common_utils.managers.user import UserManager
+from tests.integration.common_utils.test_models import DATestUser
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    os.getenv("PYTEST_IGNORE_SKIP") is None,
+    reason="Skipped by default unless env var exists",
+)
+def test_playwright_setup(reset: None) -> None:
+    """Not really a test, just using this to automate setup for playwright tests."""
+
+    # Creating an admin user (first user created is automatically an admin)
+    admin_user: DATestUser = UserManager.create(name="admin_user")
+    assert admin_user