axe test helper - to reuse accessibility test fixures. If future these can be test options/types

helpers/axe-test.js

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+const base = require('@playwright/test');
+const AxeBuilder = require('@axe-core/playwright').default;
+
+// Extend base test by providing "makeAxeBuilder"
+//
+// This new "test" can be used in multiple test files, and each of them will get
+// a consistently configured AxeBuilder instance.
+exports.test = base.test.extend({
+  makeAxeBuilder: async ({ page }, use) => {
+    const makeAxeBuilder = () => new AxeBuilder({ page })
+        .withTags(['wcag2a', 'wcag2aa', 'wcag21a', 'wcag21aa'])
+        .exclude('#commonly-reused-element-with-known-issue');
+
+    await use(makeAxeBuilder);
+  }
+});
+exports.expect = base.expect;