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+# Intercept Network Call Utility
+
+## Principle
+
+Intercept network requests with a single declarative call that returns a Promise. Automatically parse JSON responses, support both spy (observe) and stub (mock) patterns, and use powerful glob pattern matching for URL filtering.
+
+## Rationale
+
+Vanilla Playwright's network interception requires multiple steps:
+
+- `page.route()` to setup, `page.waitForResponse()` to capture
+- Manual JSON parsing
+- Verbose syntax for conditional handling
+- Complex filter predicates
+
+The `interceptNetworkCall` utility provides:
+
+- **Single declarative call**: Setup and wait in one statement
+- **Automatic JSON parsing**: Response pre-parsed, strongly typed
+- **Flexible URL patterns**: Glob matching with picomatch
+- **Spy or stub modes**: Observe real traffic or mock responses
+- **Concise API**: Reduces boilerplate by 60-70%
+
+## Pattern Examples
+
+### Example 1: Spy on Network (Observe Real Traffic)
+
+**Context**: Capture and inspect real API responses for validation.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+import { test } from '@seontechnologies/playwright-utils/intercept-network-call/fixtures';
+
+test('should spy on users API', async ({ page, interceptNetworkCall }) => {
+  // Setup interception BEFORE navigation
+  const usersCall = interceptNetworkCall({
+    url: '**/api/users', // Glob pattern
+  });
+
+  await page.goto('/dashboard');
+
+  // Wait for response and access parsed data
+  const { responseJson, status } = await usersCall;
+
+  expect(status).toBe(200);
+  expect(responseJson).toHaveLength(10);
+  expect(responseJson[0]).toHaveProperty('name');
+});
+```
+
+**Key Points**:
+
+- Intercept before navigation (critical for race-free tests)
+- Returns Promise with `{ responseJson, status, requestBody }`
+- Glob patterns (`**` matches any path segment)
+- JSON automatically parsed
+
+### Example 2: Stub Network (Mock Response)
+
+**Context**: Mock API responses for testing UI behavior without backend.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+test('should stub users API', async ({ page, interceptNetworkCall }) => {
+  const mockUsers = [
+    { id: 1, name: 'Test User 1' },
+    { id: 2, name: 'Test User 2' },
+  ];
+
+  const usersCall = interceptNetworkCall({
+    url: '**/api/users',
+    fulfillResponse: {
+      status: 200,
+      body: mockUsers,
+    },
+  });
+
+  await page.goto('/dashboard');
+  await usersCall;
+
+  // UI shows mocked data
+  await expect(page.getByText('Test User 1')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByText('Test User 2')).toBeVisible();
+});
+```
+
+**Key Points**:
+
+- `fulfillResponse` mocks the API
+- No backend needed
+- Test UI logic in isolation
+- Status code and body fully controllable
+
+### Example 3: Conditional Response Handling
+
+**Context**: Different responses based on request method or parameters.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+test('conditional mocking', async ({ page, interceptNetworkCall }) => {
+  await interceptNetworkCall({
+    url: '**/api/data',
+    handler: async (route, request) => {
+      if (request.method() === 'POST') {
+        // Mock POST success
+        await route.fulfill({
+          status: 201,
+          body: JSON.stringify({ id: 'new-id', success: true }),
+        });
+      } else if (request.method() === 'GET') {
+        // Mock GET with data
+        await route.fulfill({
+          status: 200,
+          body: JSON.stringify([{ id: 1, name: 'Item' }]),
+        });
+      } else {
+        // Let other methods through
+        await route.continue();
+      }
+    },
+  });
+
+  await page.goto('/data-page');
+});
+```
+
+**Key Points**:
+
+- `handler` function for complex logic
+- Access full `route` and `request` objects
+- Can mock, continue, or abort
+- Flexible for advanced scenarios
+
+### Example 4: Error Simulation
+
+**Context**: Testing error handling in UI when API fails.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+test('should handle API errors gracefully', async ({ page, interceptNetworkCall }) => {
+  // Simulate 500 error
+  const errorCall = interceptNetworkCall({
+    url: '**/api/users',
+    fulfillResponse: {
+      status: 500,
+      body: { error: 'Internal Server Error' },
+    },
+  });
+
+  await page.goto('/dashboard');
+  await errorCall;
+
+  // Verify UI shows error state
+  await expect(page.getByText('Failed to load users')).toBeVisible();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId('retry-button')).toBeVisible();
+});
+
+// Simulate network timeout
+test('should handle timeout', async ({ page, interceptNetworkCall }) => {
+  await interceptNetworkCall({
+    url: '**/api/slow',
+    handler: async (route) => {
+      // Never respond - simulates timeout
+      await new Promise(() => {});
+    },
+  });
+
+  await page.goto('/slow-page');
+
+  // UI should show timeout error
+  await expect(page.getByText('Request timed out')).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10000 });
+});
+```
+
+**Key Points**:
+
+- Mock error statuses (4xx, 5xx)
+- Test timeout scenarios
+- Validate error UI states
+- No real failures needed
+
+### Example 5: Order Matters - Intercept Before Navigate
+
+**Context**: The interceptor must be set up before the network request occurs.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+// INCORRECT - interceptor set up too late
+await page.goto('https://example.com'); // Request already happened
+const networkCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/data' });
+await networkCall; // Will hang indefinitely!
+
+// CORRECT - Set up interception first
+const networkCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/data' });
+await page.goto('https://example.com');
+const result = await networkCall;
+```
+
+This pattern follows the classic test spy/stub pattern:
+
+1. Define the spy/stub (set up interception)
+2. Perform the action (trigger the network request)
+3. Assert on the spy/stub (await and verify the response)
+
+### Example 6: Multiple Intercepts
+
+**Context**: Intercepting different endpoints in same test - setup order is critical.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+test('multiple intercepts', async ({ page, interceptNetworkCall }) => {
+  // Setup all intercepts BEFORE navigation
+  const usersCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/users' });
+  const productsCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/products' });
+  const ordersCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/orders' });
+
+  // THEN navigate
+  await page.goto('/dashboard');
+
+  // Wait for all (or specific ones)
+  const [users, products] = await Promise.all([usersCall, productsCall]);
+
+  expect(users.responseJson).toHaveLength(10);
+  expect(products.responseJson).toHaveLength(50);
+});
+```
+
+**Key Points**:
+
+- Setup all intercepts before triggering actions
+- Use `Promise.all()` to wait for multiple calls
+- Order: intercept -> navigate -> await
+- Prevents race conditions
+
+### Example 7: Capturing Multiple Requests to the Same Endpoint
+
+**Context**: Each `interceptNetworkCall` captures only the first matching request.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+// Capturing a known number of requests
+const firstRequest = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '/api/data' });
+const secondRequest = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '/api/data' });
+
+await page.click('#load-data-button');
+
+const firstResponse = await firstRequest;
+const secondResponse = await secondRequest;
+
+expect(firstResponse.status).toBe(200);
+expect(secondResponse.status).toBe(200);
+
+// Handling an unknown number of requests
+const getDataRequestInterceptor = () =>
+  interceptNetworkCall({
+    url: '/api/data',
+    timeout: 1000, // Short timeout to detect when no more requests are coming
+  });
+
+let currentInterceptor = getDataRequestInterceptor();
+const allResponses = [];
+
+await page.click('#load-multiple-data-button');
+
+while (true) {
+  try {
+    const response = await currentInterceptor;
+    allResponses.push(response);
+    currentInterceptor = getDataRequestInterceptor();
+  } catch (error) {
+    // No more requests (timeout)
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+console.log(`Captured ${allResponses.length} requests to /api/data`);
+```
+
+### Example 8: Using Timeout
+
+**Context**: Set a timeout for waiting on a network request.
+
+**Implementation**:
+
+```typescript
+const dataCall = interceptNetworkCall({
+  method: 'GET',
+  url: '/api/data-that-might-be-slow',
+  timeout: 5000, // 5 seconds timeout
+});
+
+await page.goto('/data-page');
+
+try {
+  const { responseJson } = await dataCall;
+  console.log('Data loaded successfully:', responseJson);
+} catch (error) {
+  if (error.message.includes('timeout')) {
+    console.log('Request timed out as expected');
+  } else {
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## URL Pattern Matching
+
+The utility uses [picomatch](https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch) for powerful glob pattern matching, dramatically simplifying URL targeting:
+
+**Supported glob patterns:**
+
+```typescript
+'**/api/users'; // Any path ending with /api/users
+'/api/users'; // Exact match
+'**/users/*'; // Any users sub-path
+'**/api/{users,products}'; // Either users or products
+'**/api/users?id=*'; // With query params
+```
+
+**Comparison with vanilla Playwright:**
+
+```typescript
+// Vanilla Playwright - complex predicate
+const predicate = (response) => {
+  const url = response.url();
+  return (
+    url.endsWith('/api/users') ||
+    url.match(/\/api\/users\/\d+/) ||
+    (url.includes('/api/users/') && url.includes('/profile'))
+  );
+};
+page.waitForResponse(predicate);
+
+// With interceptNetworkCall - simple glob patterns
+interceptNetworkCall({ url: '/api/users' }); // Exact endpoint
+interceptNetworkCall({ url: '/api/users/*' }); // User by ID pattern
+interceptNetworkCall({ url: '/api/users/*/profile' }); // Specific sub-paths
+interceptNetworkCall({ url: '/api/users/**' }); // Match all
+```
+
+## API Reference
+
+### `interceptNetworkCall(options)`
+
+| Parameter         | Type       | Description                                                           |
+| ----------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `page`            | `Page`     | Required when using direct import (not needed with fixture)           |
+| `method`          | `string`   | Optional: HTTP method to match (e.g., 'GET', 'POST')                  |
+| `url`             | `string`   | Optional: URL pattern to match (supports glob patterns via picomatch) |
+| `fulfillResponse` | `object`   | Optional: Response to use when mocking                                |
+| `handler`         | `function` | Optional: Custom handler function for the route                       |
+| `timeout`         | `number`   | Optional: Timeout in milliseconds for the network request             |
+
+### `fulfillResponse` Object
+
+| Property  | Type                     | Description                                           |
+| --------- | ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------- |
+| `status`  | `number`                 | HTTP status code (default: 200)                       |
+| `headers` | `Record<string, string>` | Response headers                                      |
+| `body`    | `any`                    | Response body (will be JSON.stringified if an object) |
+
+### Return Value
+
+Returns a `Promise<NetworkCallResult>` with:
+
+| Property       | Type       | Description                             |
+| -------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- |
+| `request`      | `Request`  | The intercepted request                 |
+| `response`     | `Response` | The response (null if mocked)           |
+| `responseJson` | `any`      | Parsed JSON response (if available)     |
+| `status`       | `number`   | HTTP status code                        |
+| `requestJson`  | `any`      | Parsed JSON request body (if available) |
+
+## Comparison with Vanilla Playwright
+
+| Vanilla Playwright                                          | intercept-network-call                                       |
+| ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `await page.route('/api/users', route => route.continue())` | `const call = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/users' })` |
+| `const resp = await page.waitForResponse('/api/users')`     | (Combined in single statement)                               |
+| `const json = await resp.json()`                            | `const { responseJson } = await call`                        |
+| `const status = resp.status()`                              | `const { status } = await call`                              |
+| Complex filter predicates                                   | Simple glob patterns                                         |
+
+**Reduction:** ~5-7 lines -> ~2-3 lines per interception
+
+## Related Fragments
+
+- `network-first.md` - Core pattern: intercept before navigate
+- `network-recorder.md` - HAR-based offline testing
+- `overview.md` - Fixture composition basics
+
+## Anti-Patterns
+
+**DON'T intercept after navigation:**
+
+```typescript
+await page.goto('/dashboard'); // Navigation starts
+const usersCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/users' }); // Too late!
+```
+
+**DO intercept before navigate:**
+
+```typescript
+const usersCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/users' }); // First
+await page.goto('/dashboard'); // Then navigate
+const { responseJson } = await usersCall; // Then await
+```
+
+**DON'T ignore the returned Promise:**
+
+```typescript
+interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/users' }); // Not awaited!
+await page.goto('/dashboard');
+// No deterministic wait - race condition
+```
+
+**DO always await the intercept:**
+
+```typescript
+const usersCall = interceptNetworkCall({ url: '**/api/users' });
+await page.goto('/dashboard');
+await usersCall; // Deterministic wait
+```