Integrate BrowserStack App Automate with Slack

This document guides you with the step by step process to integrate Slack with BrowserStack to get notified for every test failure and daily builds summary.

Introduction

Integrating Slack with BrowserStack helps you:

Debug your failed tests directly from Slack
Obtain a summary of all your builds executed during the day

In case of failed tests, a message is sent to your desired channel on Slack with the following information:

The name of the test executed
The reason why your test failed
A link to see the video of the test
A link to debug your test from the App Automate dashboard

At the end of the day, the summary of all the builds that were executed during the day will be sent. The Slack message will contain the following information:

Number of builds executed in the day
Number of builds passed in the day
Number of builds failed in the day
A link to the App Automate dashboard to debug failed builds

The Slack notification for your BrowserStack builds are received at an individual user level and not at a group or organization level.

Integrating with Slack

Integration with Slack has been kept as a simple one-click process. Following are the steps to integrate Slack with BrowserStack:

Step 1: Once you reach your App Automate dashboard, select Integrations as shown in the following figures: slack_intregration

Step 2: Click on Connect under Slack section. connect slack button

Step 3: Click Install to finish the integration. Integration for Slack - Install Browserstack Link

Configuring your Failed Test Summary and Daily Build Summary

Step 1: Once you have integrated with Slack, you will be taken to the Configuration Modal under your account.

Add the Slack Subscription

Step 2: Select the channel on which you want to configure your daily build and your failed test details. You can separately configure for Automate and App Automate products.

Select the slack channel