feat: add prefer-user-facing-locators rule

docs/rules/no-raw-locators.md

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+## Disallow using raw locators (`no-raw-locators`)
+
+Prefer using user-facing locators over raw locators to make tests more robust.
+
+Check out the [Playwright documentation](https://playwright.dev/docs/locators)
+for more information.
+
+## Rule Details
+
+Example of **incorrect** code for this rule:
+
+```javascript
+await page.locator('button').click();
+```
+
+Example of **correct** code for this rule:
+
+```javascript
+await page.getByRole('button').click();
+```
+
+```javascript
+await page.getByRole('button', {
+  name: 'Submit',
+});
+```

src/index.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import noNestedStep from './rules/no-nested-step';
 import noNetworkidle from './rules/no-networkidle';
 import noNthMethods from './rules/no-nth-methods';
 import noPagePause from './rules/no-page-pause';
+import noRawLocators from './rules/no-raw-locators';
 import noRestrictedMatchers from './rules/no-restricted-matchers';
 import noSkippedTest from './rules/no-skipped-test';
 import noUselessAwait from './rules/no-useless-await';
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ export = {
     'no-networkidle': noNetworkidle,
     'no-nth-methods': noNthMethods,
     'no-page-pause': noPagePause,
+    'no-raw-locators': noRawLocators,
     'no-restricted-matchers': noRestrictedMatchers,
     'no-skipped-test': noSkippedTest,
     'no-useless-await': noUselessAwait,

src/rules/no-raw-locators.ts

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+import { Rule } from 'eslint';
+import { getStringValue, isPageMethod } from '../utils/ast';
+
+export default {
+  create(context) {
+    return {
+      CallExpression(node) {
+        if (node.callee.type !== 'MemberExpression') return;
+        const method = getStringValue(node.callee.property);
+
+        if (isPageMethod(node, 'locator') || method === 'locator') {
+          context.report({ messageId: 'noRawLocator', node });
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+  meta: {
+    docs: {
+      category: 'Best Practices',
+      description: 'Disallows the usage of raw locators',
+      recommended: false,
+      url: 'https://github.com/playwright-community/eslint-plugin-playwright/tree/main/docs/rules/no-raw-locators.md',
+    },
+    messages: {
+      noRawLocator:
+        'Usage of raw locator detected. Use methods like .getByRole() or .getByText() instead of raw locators.',
+    },
+    type: 'suggestion',
+  },
+} as Rule.RuleModule;

test/spec/no-raw-locators.spec.ts

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+import rule from '../../src/rules/no-raw-locators';
+import { runRuleTester, test } from '../utils/rule-tester';
+
+const messageId = 'noRawLocator';
+
+runRuleTester('no-raw-locators', rule, {
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: test('await page.locator()'),
+      errors: [{ column: 34, endColumn: 48, line: 1, messageId }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: test('await this.page.locator()'),
+      errors: [{ column: 34, endColumn: 53, line: 1, messageId }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: test("await page.locator('.btn')"),
+      errors: [{ column: 34, endColumn: 54, line: 1, messageId }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: test('await page["locator"](".btn")'),
+      errors: [{ column: 34, endColumn: 57, line: 1, messageId }],
+    },
+    {
+      code: test('await page[`locator`](".btn")'),
+      errors: [{ column: 34, endColumn: 57, line: 1, messageId }],
+    },
+
+    {
+      code: test('await frame.locator()'),
+      errors: [{ column: 34, endColumn: 49, line: 1, messageId }],
+    },
+
+    {
+      code: test(
+        'const section = await page.getByRole("section"); section.locator(".btn")'
+      ),
+      errors: [{ column: 77, endColumn: 100, line: 1, messageId }],
+    },
+  ],
+  valid: [
+    test('await page.click()'),
+    test('await this.page.click()'),
+    test('await page["hover"]()'),
+    test('await page[`check`]()'),
+
+    // Preferred user facing locators
+    test('await page.getByText("lorem ipsum")'),
+    test('await page.getByLabel(/Email/)'),
+    test('await page.getByRole("button", { name: /submit/i })'),
+    test('await page.getByTestId("my-test-button").click()'),
+    test(
+      'await page.getByRole("button").filter({ hasText: "Add to cart" }).click()'
+    ),
+
+    test('await frame.getByRole("button")'),
+
+    test(
+      'const section = page.getByRole("section"); section.getByRole("button")'
+    ),
+
+    // bare calls
+    test('() => page.locator'),
+  ],
+});