fixed the environment variable related issue.

package.json

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@faker-js/faker": "^8.4.1",
+    "dotenv": "^16.4.5",
+    "path": "^0.12.7",
     "xmlbuilder": "^15.1.1"
   }
 }

playwright.config.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { defineConfig, devices } from "@playwright/test";
+import dotenv from "dotenv";
+import path from "path";
 
 /**
  * Read environment variables from file.
  * https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv
  */
-// import dotenv from 'dotenv';
-// dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '.env') });
+
+dotenv.config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, ".env") });
 
 /**
  * See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration.
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   /* Retry on CI only */
   retries: process.env.CI ? 0 : 0,
   /* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */
-  workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : undefined,
+  workers: 1,
   /* Reporter to use. See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters */
   reporter: "html",
   /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */

utils/request.helper.ts

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { APIRequestContext } from "@playwright/test";
-import Base_URL from "../playwright.config";
+import config from "../playwright.config";
 
 let cachedToken: string | null = null;
 let tokenGenerationTime: Date | null = null;
 
 async function fetchChallengerToken(
   request: APIRequestContext
 ): Promise<string> {
-  const response = await request.post(`${Base_URL}/challenger`);
+  const baseURL = config.use?.baseURL;
+  const response = await request.post(`${baseURL}/challenger`);
 
   if (!response.ok()) {
     throw new Error("Failed to fetch X-CHALLENGER token");