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Capabilities

Using Cypress with BrowserStack requires setting up the browserstack.json file with custom capabilities. This section includes a sample browserstack.json file along with a detailed reference of all the supported capabilities.

browserstack.json
{
    "auth": {
        "username": "YOUR_USERNAME",
        "access_key": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY"
    },
    "browsers": [
        {
            "browser": "chrome",
            "os": "Windows 10",
            "versions": [
                "latest",
                "latest-1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "browser": "firefox",
            "os": "Windows 10",
            "versions": [
                "latest",
                "latest-1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "browser": "edge",
            "os": "Windows 10",
            "versions": [
                "latest",
                "latest-1"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "run_settings": {
        "nodeVersion": "<auto populated node version>",
        "cypress_version": "12.3",
        "cypress_config_file": ".<path/to/your/cypress.config.js/file>",
        "home_directory": "</path/to/your/projects/root_directory/name_of_root_directory>",
        "specs": ["cypress/e2e/1-getting-started/todo.cy.js", "cypress/e2e/2-advanced-examples/actions.cy.js"],
        "spec_timeout": 10,
        "npm_dependencies": {
            "npm-package-you-need-to-run-tests-1": "^1.2.1",
            },
        "package_config_options": {
            "npm-package-you-need-to-run-tests-1_options": {
                "option1": true,
                "option2": "some-value"
            }},
        "exclude": ["some-folder/test.cy.js", "static/*.pdf"],
        "system_env_vars": ["NPM_TOKEN", "GITHUB_SECRET", "<ANY_OTHER_ENV_VAR_AVAILABLE_IN_YOUR_SYSTEM>"],
        "project_name": "My sandbox project",
        "build_name": "Build no. 1",
        "build_tag": "reg",
        "parallels": "5",
        "record": true,
        "record-key": "<your_record-key>",
        "projectId": "<your_cypress_project_id>",
        "geolocation": "<country_code>",
        "debug": true,
        "headless": true
    },
    "connection_settings": {
        "local": true,
        "local_identifier": "local_connection_name",
        "local_mode": "always-on",
        "local_config_file": "/path/to/your/config.yml"
    },
    "disable_usage_reporting": false
}
browserstack.json
{
    "auth": {
        "username": "YOUR_USERNAME",
        "access_key": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY"
    },
    "browsers": [
        {
            "browser": "chrome",
            "os": "Windows 10",
            "versions": [
                "latest",
                "latest-1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "browser": "firefox",
            "os": "Windows 10",
            "versions": [
                "latest",
                "latest-1"
            ]
        },
        {
            "browser": "edge",
            "os": "Windows 10",
            "versions": [
                "latest",
                "latest-1"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "run_settings": {
        "nodeVersion": "<auto populated node version>",
        "cypress_version": "9.latest",
        "cypress_config_file": ".<path/to/your/cypress.json/file>",
        "home_directory": "</path/to/your/projects/root_directory/name_of_root_directory>",
        "specs": ["cypress/integration/1-getting-started/todo.cy.js", "cypress/integration/2-advanced-examples/actions.cy.js"],
        "spec_timeout": 10,
        "npm_dependencies": {
            "npm-package-you-need-to-run-tests-1": "^1.2.1",
            },
        "package_config_options": {
            "npm-package-you-need-to-run-tests-1_options": {
                "option1": true,
                "option2": "some-value"
            }},
        "exclude": ["some-folder/test.js", "static/*.pdf"],
        "system_env_vars": ["NPM_TOKEN", "GITHUB_SECRET", "<ANY_OTHER_ENV_VAR_AVAILABLE_IN_YOUR_SYSTEM>"],
        "project_name": "My sandbox project",
        "build_name": "Build no. 1",
        "build_tag": "reg",
        "parallels": "5",
        "record": true,
        "record-key": "<your_record-key>",
        "projectId": "<your_cypress_project_id>",
        "geolocation": "<country_code>",
        "debug": true,
        "headless": true
    },
    "connection_settings": {
        "local": true,
        "local_identifier": "local_connection_name",
        "local_mode": "always-on",
        "local_config_file": "/path/to/your/config.yml"
    },
    "disable_usage_reporting": false
}
The following table lists the supported Cypress capabilities and how they must be defined in the browserstack.json file:
Object Key(Capabilities) Value Reference
auth username Your BrowserStack username which you can find in your account settings. Set your username
auth access_key Your BrowserStack access key which you can find in your account settings. Set your access key
browsers os


browser


versions
Specify the OS where you want to run tests.

Specify the browser where you want to run tests.

Specify the browser version where you want to run tests.
Name of the operating system
Name of the browser

Version of the browser
run_settings nodeVersion Set the required node version to run your Cypress tests. Supported node versions are 14.19.1 and 16.15.0 N/A
  cypress_version 10.latest, 9.Latest, 8.Latest, 7.Latest, 6.Latest Set the required Cypress version
  cypress_config_file Absolute or relative path to the Cypress configuration file. Set as cypress.config.js for v10 and above, and cypress.json for v9 and below. Specify the Cypress configuration file that you want to use
  home_directory Absolute or relative path to root directory in case of multiple cypress.json files. Specify the root directory to avoid your test being failed
  specs An array of patterns (file paths or regexes) that match the spec files that you want to run. Specify the spec files that you want to run
  spec_timeout Timeout value in case any spec with issues is killed and build continues. Set the timeout duration for the spec files
  npm_dependencies List of dependent npm packages that your project requires. Set the npm dependencies required to run your Cypress tests
  exclude An array of patterns (file paths or regexes) to exclude files that are not required. Specify the files you want to exclude from your tests
  system_env_vars Set and apply any system level environment variables to BrowserStack remote instances. Define environment variables
  project_name


build_name


build_tag
String value to identify the project.

String value to identify the build.

String value to set a tag for your build.
Set your project name

Set your build name

Set a build tag
  record



record-key




projectId
Set True to generate test recording and publish to the Cypress dashboard.

record-key generated for the project that can be found on the Cypress dashboard.

projectId generated for the project that can be found on the Cypress dashboard.
Generate test results on the Cypress dashboard
Record key from the Cypress dashboard

Project ID from the Cypress dashboard
  geolocation Country code for the location you want to simulate. Simulate a specific geolocation
connection_settings local


local_identifier


local_mode


local_config_file
Test your locally hosted website on BrowserStack.

Specify a unique Local Testing connection name.

Specify the local mode.

Specify additional configuration parameters.
Set up local testing
debug na Helps debug issues detected through your tests.
Disabled by default. Set True to enable.
 
disable_usage_reporting na Set as True by default and is used by the CLI to collect anonymized usage data. Enable or disable usage reporting

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