Upload custom contacts in App Automate

App Automate has a preloaded contact files on BrowserStack-hosted devices to test scenarios that require access to contacts from the device.

Apart from preloaded contact list, you can also upload your contact list in App Automate.

The contact list you upload on iOS or Android devices is stored in the default Contacts app of the devices.

In this guide, you’ll learn about:

1. Supported devices and OS version

2. How to upload your custom contacts file to BrowserStack

3. How to set the uploadMedia parameter when executing your build

Supported devices and OS version

Upload your custom contacts file to BrowserStack

Run the following upload media cURL command to upload your custom contacts (.vcf) file to BrowserStack servers:

    curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
    -X POST "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/upload-media" \
    -F "file=@/path/to/contacts/file.vcf" \
    -F "custom_id=SampleContacts"

A sample response for the given cURL command is as follows. It returns the value of the media_url parameter.

{
    "media_url": "media://90c7a8h8dc82308108734e9a46c24d8f01de12881",
    "custom_id": "SampleContacts"
}

Set uploadMedia parameter when executing Espresso build

In the execute build cURL command, set the uploadMedia parameter to the value of the media_url parameter returned in the API response to upload your custom contacts onto the BrowserStack hosted device for testing.

The following sample cURL command shows the parameter used to upload custom contacts file on Samsung Galaxy S8 with Android OS v7.0:

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X POST "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/build"
\ -d '{"uploadMedia": ["media://90c7a8h8dc82308108734e9a46c24d8f01de12881"],
"devices": ["Samsung Galaxy S8-7.0"], "app": "bs://f5L3azt9pLzE995f49376eb1fa3c284dc321f8d",
"testSuite": "bs://6eb1fa3c284ddbe9971b2d1aee0d52943b9c081"}'
\ -H "Content-Type: application/json"

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