Access video recordings for Detox tests

Access video recordings of your Detox test executions on BrowserStack App Automate. Test your apps on a real device cloud.

Your Detox test session on BrowserStack is recorded exactly as it runs on the remote device. This is particularly helpful when a test fails, as it lets you see the session in action. You can access the video from the App Automate dashboard. You can also retrieve a link to download the video using our REST API.

Video recording is enabled by default. BrowserStack records your entire test session. Detox’s built-in video recording uses Android adb and is limited to 180 seconds per recording, so BrowserStack captures the session video independently to record the full run.

Access video recordings using the REST API

To retrieve the video recording, send a request to the get session details endpoint using your session ID. The video_url attribute in the response contains a link to download the video recording.

REST API endpoint:

GET /app-automate/detox/v2/android/sessions/<session-id>.json

Example cURL request:

Get the session details, including the video recording link, for a Detox test execution:

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X GET "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/detox/v2/android/sessions/<session-id>.json"

Access video recording from the dashboard

You can view the video recording for your session from the session details page of the App Automate dashboard.