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TL;DR: Playwright email testing works by sending your application’s mail to a private testing domain, then reading it back through the Mailinator REST API. Your spec generates a unique address, triggers the flow, polls for the message, and extracts the code or link.
Mailinator vs Mailtrap is a common face-off when QA teams pick an email testing tool. However, the two tools do not do the same job. In short, Mailtrap traps outbound mail before it leaves your app. Mailinator receives real mail, so your automated tests can read it back. So the better choice depends on the […]
A step-by-step guide to automating SSO and magic link logins — use a test identity provider for the OIDC handshake and a private test inbox for the link, with working Playwright and Cypress examples.
A step-by-step guide to testing OTP and 2FA emails in automated suites — fetch the email by API and extract the passcode with a regex, with working Cypress and Playwright examples.
