Playwright with C#

Your guide to running tests using C# SDK on BrowserStack’s Playwright Grid of 100+ browser-OS combinations.

Run tests on 100+ browser-OS combinations

This section covers running your first build with BrowserStack’s sample repo. To run builds with your existing test suite(s), skip to integrate your test suite.

Prerequisites

BrowserStack Username and Access key. You can find this in your account profile section. If you do not have an account yet, sign up for a Free Trial.

If you are using Mac computers with Apple silicon chips, use the BrowserStack SDK CLI workflow.

Run a sample build

Run a sample C# test build, which is based on the NUnit, using your preferred method on BrowserStack:

Visual Studio
CLI

Get sample project

Get our sample project by following these steps:

Download project

Download ZIP

After downloading the sample project, unzip it in a desired location.

Import the downloaded project

Click File > Open. Navigate to your project and open it.

Configure your browserstack.yml config file

The browserstack.yml file holds all the required capabilities to run your tests on BrowserStack.

Set access credentials

Set userName and accessKey parameters in the browserstack.yml file, available in the root directory, to authenticate your tests on BrowserStack.

Specify platforms to test on

Set the browsers/OS you want to test under the platforms object. Select over 100+ browsers-OS combinations from the list of supported browsers and OS.

Update the browserstack.yml config file

Copy and replace the following config in the browserstack.yml file available in the root directory of the project. Note that the values in the platforms section are sample values. Replace them with the browser-OS combination of your choice.

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Run sample tests on BrowserStack!

On the Visual Studio toolbar, select Test → Test Explorer.

Right-click on your test and click Run.

Select and Run Test

Clone the Git repository

Clone our sample Git repository using these commands.

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[Only for Macs with Apple silicon] Install dotnet x64 on MacOS

If you are using a Mac computer with Apple silicon chip (M1 or M2) architecture, use the given command.

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<path> - Mention the absolute path to the directory where you want to save dotnet x64
<version> - Mention the dotnet version which you want to use to run tests

This command performs the following functions:

Installs dotnet x64
Installs the required version of dotnet x64 at an appropriate path
Sets alias
Sets an alias for the dotnet installation location on confirmation (enter y option)
The command sets the installation path in your ~/.zshrc (zsh) or ~/.bashrc (bash) profile and you can use this alias to run your tests later. If you choose not to set the alias, when you run the tests, you have to use the entire path to the installation location on every test run.

Configure your browserstack.yml config file

The browserstack.yml file holds all the required capabilities to run your tests on BrowserStack.

Set access credentials

Set userName and accessKey parameters in the browserstack.yml file, available in the root directory, to authenticate your tests on BrowserStack.

Specify platforms to test on

Set the browsers/OS you want to test under the platforms object. Select over 100+ browsers-OS combinations from the list of supported browsers and OS.