Upload and test custom media

Test the custom media files in your test. The guide helps you with the following:

1. Upload the media on BrowserStack
2. Use the uploaded media in your tests

Upload the media

The API to upload the media file(images/videos) on BrowserStack:

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" -X POST "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/upload-media" -F "file=@/path/to/media/file/mediaFile.jpg" -F 'data={"custom_id": "MyMedia"}'

Sample Response:

{"media_url":"media://21d66a8a0471097bbf5789330129e9ab97e467e3","custom_id":"MyMedia","shareable_id":"YOUR_USERNAME/MyMedia"}

Use the uploaded media in your tests

After uploading the custom media files, you can use it in your tests using browserstack.uploadMedia capability.

Note:

1. Only 5 files are allowed to be passed(per test)
2. Supported format for images are JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and max file size allowed for images is 10MB
3. Supported format for videos are .mp4, .mov and .3gp and max file size allowed for videos is 50MB

desired_caps = {
    'browserstack.uploadMedia': '{"media://a73cd169be98006b6ca8b9b1feaa51c5395df1ad","media://4f13c09b8428ed1b67g561db63af01d44ca540b"}'