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Selenium with C#

Your guide to running tests using C# SDK on BrowserStack’s Selenium Grid of 3000+ real devices and desktop browsers.

Run tests on 3000+ real devices and desktop browsers

This section covers running your first build with BrowserStack’s sample repo. To run builds with your existing test suite(s), skip to integrate your test suite.

Prerequisites

BrowserStack Username and Access key. You can find this in your account profile section. If you do not have an account yet, sign up for a Free Trial.

If you are using Mac computers with Apple silicon chips, use the BrowserStack SDK CLI workflow.

Run a sample build

Run a sample C# test build, which is based on the NUnit, using your preferred method on BrowserStack:

Get sample project

Get our sample project by following these steps:

Download project

Download ZIP

After downloading the sample project, unzip it in a desired location.

Import the downloaded project

Click File > Open. Navigate to your project and open it.

Configure your browserstack.yml config file

The browserstack.yml file holds all the required capabilities to run your tests on BrowserStack.

Set access credentials

Set userName and accessKey parameters in the browserstack.yml file, available in the root directory, to authenticate your tests on BrowserStack.

Select desktop browsers or real devices from a list of 3000+ available combinations:

Parallel thread #1
Parallel thread #2
Parallel thread #3

Update the browserstack.yml config file

Replace the platforms object in the browserstack.yml file.

browserstack.yml
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Run sample tests on BrowserStack!

Follow these steps to run your test on BrowserStack.

On the Visual Studio toolbar, select Test > Test Explorer.

Right-click on your test and click Run.

Run test suite using VS code

Get sample project

Get our sample project using one of the following options.

Option 1: Download the project

Download ZIP

Option 2: Clone the Git repository

Clone our sample Git repository using these commands.

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[Only for Macs with Apple silicon] Install dotnet x64 on MacOS

If you are using a Mac computer with Apple silicon chip (M1 or M2) architecture, use the given command.

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  • <path> - Mention the absolute path to the directory where you want to save dotnet x64
  • <version> - Mention the dotnet version which you want to use to run tests

This command performs the following functions:

  • Installs dotnet x64
    Installs the required version of dotnet x64 at an appropriate path

  • Sets alias
    Sets an alias for the dotnet installation location on confirmation (enter y option)
    The command sets the installation path in your ~/.zshrc (zsh) or ~/.bashrc (bash) profile and you can use this alias to run your tests later. If you choose not to set the alias, when you run the tests, you have to use the entire path to the installation location on every test run.

Configure your browserstack.yml config file

The browserstack.yml file holds all the required capabilities to run your tests on BrowserStack.

Set access credentials

Set userName and accessKey parameters in the browserstack.yml file, available in the root directory, to authenticate your tests on BrowserStack.

Select desktop browsers or real devices from a list of 3000+ available combinations:

Parallel thread #1
Parallel thread #2
Parallel thread #3

Update the browserstack.yml config file

Replace the platforms object in the browserstack.yml file.

browserstack.yml
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Run sample tests on BrowserStack!

Use the given command to run sample tests on BrowserStack.

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Did not set the alias?
Use the absolute path to the dotnet installation to run your tests on Mac computers with Apple silicon chips as shown below:

</absolute/path/to/location/of/dotnet/>/dotnet test

After you run your test, visit the Automate dashboard to view your test results.

Next steps

After you have successfully run your first test on BrowserStack, try integrating your test suite with BrowserStack.

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