Upload an Espresso test suite using public URL

Upload an Espresso test suite using public URL to test on BrowserStack App Automate.

Once your app is uploaded, you also need to upload the test suite containing your Espresso test cases to BrowserStack servers. It’s easy to upload an Espresso test suite (.apk file) from a public URL to BrowserStack using the REST API. This approach is useful when the Espresso test suite is hosted on a remote server, such as an S3 bucket, and is downloadable via a publicly accessible URL.

Here is an example cURL request to upload an Espresso test suite using a public URL:

curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME:YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" \
-X POST "https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/espresso/v2/test-suite" \
-F "url=https://www.browserstack.com/app-automate/sample-apps/android/CalculatorTest.apk"

A sample response to the above API request is shown below:

{
    "test_url":"bs://f7c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba4"
}

Note the value of test_url in the API response (bs://f7c874f21852.... in the above example). This value will be used later to specify the test suite for your Espresso test execution.