Upload & manage Espresso test-suites via App Automate API

Upload and manage your test-suites for automated mobile testing using Espresso via the BrowserStack App Automate API. Run automated app tests on real devices.

To test your native and hybrid apps on BrowserStack using Espresso, you also need to upload your test-suite (.apk file) to BrowserStack servers. Use our REST API endpoints to upload and manage your test-suites on BrowserStack.

Upload a test-suite

POST /app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suite

Upload an Espresso test-suite (.apk file). There are two ways to upload the test-suite :

Upload from filesystem : Use this option if your test-suite resides on your local machine or CI/CD server.
Upload using public URL : Use this option when the test-suite is hosted on a remote server (e.g. S3 bucket) and it’s downloadable via a publicly accessible URL.

Request parameters

Request

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X POST "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suite" \
-F "file=@/path/to/test/file/app-debug-androidTest.apk" \
-F "custom_id=SampleTest"

file File

File to upload. Ensure that the request’s content type is set to multipart/form-data. In cURL, you can do this using -F option. Either file or url parameter is required.
url String

Remote URL to your test-suite. Ensure that it’s a publicly accessible URL as BrowserStack will attempt to download the test-suite from this location. Either file or url parameter is required.
custom_id String

Custom ID for the test-suite. Accepted characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ., -, _. All other characters are ignored. Character limit is 100. Refer to our custom ID documentation to know more.

Response attributes `200` `application/json`

Response

{
    "test_suite_name": "app-debug-androidTest.apk",
    "test_suite_url": "bs://89c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba1",
    "test_suite_id": "89c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba1",
    "uploaded_at": "2020-09-09 15:35:00 UTC",
    "custom_id": "SampleTest",
    "framework": "espresso",
    "expiry": "2020-10-09 15:35:00 UTC",
}

test_suite_name String

Filename of the uploaded test-suite.
test_suite_url String

Unique identifier returned upon successful upload of your test-suite on BrowserStack. This value can be used later to specify the test-suite for your Espresso test execution.
Example: bs://c8ddcb5649a8280ca800075bfd8f151115bba6b3
test_suite_id String

Unique identifier returned upon successful upload of your test-suite on BrowserStack.
Example: c8ddcb5649a8280ca800075bfd8f151115bba6b3
uploaded_at String

Test-suite upload timestamp.
framework String

Name of the automation framework. This is set to Espresso by default.
custom_id String

Custom ID defined for the uploaded test-suite.
Example: SampleTest. Accepted characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ., -, _. All other characters are ignored. Character limit is 100.
expiry String

By default, an uploaded test-suite expires in 30 days. Upon expiry, the uploaded test-suite is deleted from BrowserStack servers and thus can no longer be tested.

List uploaded test-suites

GET /app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites

Retrieve a list of recently uploaded test-suites. By default, it returns the last 10 uploaded test-suites from your BrowserStack group.

Request parameters

Request

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X GET "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites"

# Limit the number of test-suites to be displayed using the "limit" parameter
curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X GET "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites?limit=5"

# Fetch test-suites from a specific position using the "offset" parameter
curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X GET "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites?limit=10&offset=20"

# List recent test-suites using customID
curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X GET "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites?custom_id=SampleTest"

limit String

Number of recent test-suites to fetch. The default value is 10.
offset String

Retrieve a list of test-suites from a particular point. Use offset in conjunction with the limit parameter.
custom_id String

Filter test-suites by custom ID. Performs a case-sensitive exact match against the custom ID set at upload time. Accepted characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ., -, _. All other characters are ignored. Character limit is 100.

Response attributes `200` `application/json`

Response

{
  "test_suites" : [
    {
      "test_suite_name": "app-debug-androidTest.apk",
      "test_suite_url": "bs://89c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba1",
      "test_suite_id": "89c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba1",
      "uploaded_at": "2020-09-09 15:35:00 UTC",
      "custom_id": "SampleTest",
      "framework": "espresso",
      "expiry": "2020-10-09 15:35:00 UTC"
    },
    {...}
  ]
}

test_suites Array

List of recently uploaded test-suites.

▶ SHOW VALUES
- test_suite_name String
  
  Filename of the uploaded test-suite.
- test_suite_url String
  
  Unique identifier returned upon successful upload of your test-suite on BrowserStack. This value can be used later to specify the test-suite for your test execution.
  Example: bs://c8ddcb5649a8280ca800075bfd8f151115bba6b3
- test_suite_id String
  
  Unique identifier returned upon successful upload of your test-suite on BrowserStack.
  Example: c8ddcb5649a8280ca800075bfd8f151115bba6b3
- uploaded_at String
  
  Test-suite upload timestamp.
- framework String
  
  Name of the automation framework. This is set to by default.
- custom_id String
  
  Custom ID defined for the uploaded test-suite.
  Example: SampleTest. Accepted characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ., -, _. All other characters are ignored. Character limit is 100.
- expiry String
  
  By default, an uploaded test-suite expires in 30 days. Upon expiry, the uploaded test-suite is deleted from BrowserStack servers and thus can no longer be tested.

Get test-suite details

GET /app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites/{test_suite_id}

Get details of an uploaded test-suite.

Request parameters

Request

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X GET "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites/{test_suite_id}"

test_suite_id^* String

Test-suite ID of the uploaded test-suite.

Response attributes `200` `application/json`

Response

{
  "test_suite" : {
    "test_suite_name": "app-debug-androidTest.apk",
    "test_suite_url": "bs://89c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba1",
    "test_suite_id": "89c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba1",
    "uploaded_at": "2020-09-09 15:35:00 UTC",
    "custom_id": "SampleTest",
    "framework": "espresso",
    "expiry": "2020-10-09 15:35:00 UTC",
  }
}

test_suite Object

Details of the uploaded test-suite

▶ SHOW VALUES
- test_suite_name String
  
  Filename of the uploaded test-suite.
- test_suite_url String
  
  Unique identifier returned upon successful upload of your test-suite on BrowserStack. This value can be used later to specify the test-suite for your test execution.
  Example: bs://c8ddcb5649a8280ca800075bfd8f151115bba6b3
- test_suite_id String
  
  Unique identifier returned upon successful upload of your test-suite on BrowserStack.
  Example: c8ddcb5649a8280ca800075bfd8f151115bba6b3
- uploaded_at String
  
  Test-suite upload timestamp.
- framework String
  
  Name of the automation framework. This is set to by default.
- custom_id String
  
  Custom ID defined for the uploaded test-suite.
  Example: SampleTest. Accepted characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, ., -, _. All other characters are ignored. Character limit is 100.
- expiry String
  
  By default, an uploaded test-suite expires in 30 days. Upon expiry, the uploaded test-suite is deleted from BrowserStack servers and thus can no longer be tested.

Delete a test-suite

DELETE /app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites/{test_suite_id}

Delete an uploaded test suite. Note that test suites once deleted cannot be recovered.

Request parameters

Request

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X DELETE "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suites/6c4a46de7b0361585594fd3e5464bddff95d581b"

test_suite_id^* String

Test-suite ID of the uploaded test-suite.

Response attributes `200` `application/json`

Response

{
    "success": {
        "message": "Test Suite with url bs://6c4a46de7b0361585594fd3e5464bddff95d581b was deleted."
    }
}

success Object

This is returned when the test-suite is successfully deleted from BrowserStack servers.

▶ SHOW VALUES
- message String
  
  Confirmation message for test-suite deletion.

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Upload & manage Espresso test-suites via App Automate API

Upload a test-suite

Request parameters

file File

url String

custom_id String

Response attributes 200 application/json

test_suite_name String

test_suite_url String

test_suite_id String

uploaded_at String

framework String

custom_id String

expiry String

List uploaded test-suites

Request parameters

limit String

offset String

custom_id String

Response attributes 200 application/json

test_suites Array

test_suite_name String

test_suite_url String

test_suite_id String

uploaded_at String

framework String

custom_id String

expiry String

Get test-suite details

Request parameters

test_suite_id* String

Response attributes 200 application/json

test_suite Object

test_suite_name String

test_suite_url String

test_suite_id String

uploaded_at String

framework String

custom_id String

expiry String

Delete a test-suite

Request parameters

test_suite_id* String

Response attributes 200 application/json

success Object

message String

We're sorry to hear that. Please share your feedback so we can do better

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Response attributes `200` `application/json`

Response attributes `200` `application/json`

test_suite_id^* String

Response attributes `200` `application/json`

test_suite_id^* String

Response attributes `200` `application/json`