Intercept and rewrite outbound API responses in a Playwright test using route.fulfill() with a custom JSON body

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Verified steps

  1. Set up a route before navigating: await page.route('**/api/products**', async route => { ... })
  2. Inside the handler, fetch the real response if needed: const response = await route.fetch()
  3. Modify the JSON body: const json = await response.json(); json.price = 0;
  4. Fulfill with the modified body: await route.fulfill({ response, json })
  5. Navigate to the page: await page.goto('/shop') — the intercepted response will return the modified data
  6. Assert that the UI reflects the stubbed data using standard Playwright locator assertions

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