[CI] Playwright improvements (#9395)

* Allow port 4173 (vite preview)

* Change 'base' attr based on vite command

* Allow api_host to be specified separately

* Harden API host functionality

* Adjust server selections

* Cleanup vite.config.ts

* Adjust playwright configuration

- Allow to run in "production" mode
- Builds the code first
- Runs only the backend web server
- Not suitable for coverage

* Tweak github actions

* Tweak QC file

* Reduce number of steps

* Tweak CI file

* Fix typo

* Ensure translation before build

* Fix hard-coded test

* Test tweaks

* uncomment

* Revert some changes

* Run with gunicorn, single worker

* Reduce log output in DEBUG mode

* Update deps

* Add global-setup func

* Fix for .gitignore file

* Cached auth state

* Tweak login func

* Updated tests

* Enable parallel workers again

* Simplify config

* Try with a single worker again

* Single retry mode

* Run auth setup first

- Prevent issues with parallel test doing login

* Improve test setup process

* Tweaks

* Bump to 3 workers

* Tweak playwright settings

* Revert change

* Revert change

src/frontend/tests/pui_exporting.spec.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import test from '@playwright/test';
 import { globalSearch, loadTab, navigate } from './helpers';
-import { doQuickLogin } from './login';
+import { doCachedLogin } from './login';
 
 // Helper function to open the export data dialog
 const openExportDialog = async (page) => {
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ const openExportDialog = async (page) => {
 };
 
 // Test data export for various order types
-test('Exporting - Orders', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
-
-  // Download list of purchase orders
-  await navigate(page, 'purchasing/index/purchase-orders');
+test('Exporting - Orders', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff',
+    url: 'purchasing/index/purchase-orders'
+  });
 
   await openExportDialog(page);
 
@@ -69,8 +70,11 @@ test('Exporting - Orders', async ({ page }) => {
 });
 
 // Test for custom BOM exporter
-test('Exporting - BOM', async ({ page }) => {
-  await doQuickLogin(page, 'steven', 'wizardstaff');
+test('Exporting - BOM', async ({ browser }) => {
+  const page = await doCachedLogin(browser, {
+    username: 'steven',
+    password: 'wizardstaff'
+  });
 
   await globalSearch(page, 'MAST');
   await page.getByLabel('search-group-results-part').locator('a').click();