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Learn how to prevent sensitive test data from appearing in the logs of your Playwright tests in BrowserStack Automate.
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Some tests that work with user data might include sensitive information, such as email ID, user names, etc. Based on the commands that you use, the Text Logs or the Raw Logs that are generated might expose this sensitive data.
This guide shows you how to mask sensitive data appearing in Text Logs or the Raw Logs using the browserstack.maskCommands capability.
It is recommended that you disable the Playwright logs since the browserstack.maskCommands capability masks only the sensitive data from Text & Raw Logs. The sensitive information from Playwright Logs remains unmasked.
Use the browserstack.maskCommands capability
Use the code snippet to set the browserstack.maskCommands capability. You can pass multiple supported commands in a single array, separated by commas as follows:
capabilities['browserstack.maskCommands'] = 'sendType, sendPress, setHTTPCredentials, setStorageState, setGeolocation'
The browserstack.maskCommands capability masks data that you send to or retrieve from the remote browsers through the following commands. For example, when you set value as sendType, BrowserStack masks sensitive data sent through any .type command in your script:
| Capability | BrowserStack command | Example Playwright command |
|---|---|---|
| browserstack.maskCommands |
sendTypeMasks the type method of the ElementHandle and Locator class. |
await element.type('Browserstack'); |
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sendPressMasks the press method of the ElementHandle and Locator class. |
await element.press('Enter'); |
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setHTTPCredentialsMasks the HTTP credentials parameter in the newContext and newPage method of the browser class. |
await browser.newContext({httpCredentials: { username: "admin", password: "admin" }}) |
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setStorageStateMasks the storage state parameter in the newContext and newPage method of the browser class. |
await browser.newContext({storageState: 'state.json'}) |
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setGeolocationMasks the Geolocation parameter in the newContext and newPage method of the browser class. |
await browser.newContext({geolocation: { longitude: -118.242766, latitude: 34.0536909 }}) |
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setWebAuthnCredentialsMasks the authentication parameters such as authenticatorID, credentialID and privatekey as part of WebAuthn class and its methods. |
await client.send('WebAuthn.addCredential', {authenticatorId: authenticatorId,credential: {credentialId: 'credentialid here',isResidentCredential: false,privateKey: 'privatekeyhere'}}); |
View test results
After you run your test, visit the Automate dashboard to view your test results.
When the browserstack.maskCommands capability is used for the supported commands, all requested commands are replaced with REDACTED VALUE in your Text Logs or the Raw Logs.
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