Test on Internal Networks

BrowserStack enables you to run your SpecFlow automated tests on your internal development environments, on localhost, and from behind a corporate firewall. This feature is called “Local Testing”.

Local Testing establishes a secure connection between your machine and the BrowserStack cloud. Once you set up Local Testing, all URLs work out of the box, including HTTPS URLs and those behind a proxy or firewall.

Configuring your SpecFlow tests for Local Testing takes just three steps:

1. Download and run the BrowserStackLocal binary:

   Note: Install BrowserstackLocal using NuGet Gallery

2. Now, you need to update your SpecFlow config file and set the browserstack.local capability to true:

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <configuration>
      <configSections>
        <section name="specFlow" type="TechTalk.SpecFlow.Configuration.ConfigurationSectionHandler, TechTalk.SpecFlow" />
   
        <sectionGroup name="capabilities">
          <section name="local" type="System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection, System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
        </sectionGroup>
   
        <sectionGroup name="environments">
          <section name="chrome" type="System.Configuration.AppSettingsSection, System.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
        </sectionGroup>
      </configSections>
   
      <appSettings>
        <add key="user" value="YOUR_USERNAME" />
        <add key="key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" />
        <add key="server" value="hub-cloud.browserstack.com" />
      </appSettings>
   
      <capabilities>
        <local>
          <add key="browserstack.local" value="true" />
        </local>
      </capabilities>
   
      <environments>
        <chrome>
          <add key="browser" value="chrome" />
        </chrome>
      </environments>
   
    <startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.1" /></startup><specFlow>
        <!-- For additional details on SpecFlow configuration options see http://go.specflow.org/doc-config -->
      <!-- For additional details on SpecFlow configuration options see http://go.specflow.org/doc-config --><unitTestProvider name="NUnit" /></specFlow></configuration>
   

   Here is a sample feature and steps file which using Local Testing:

    // Local Feature
    Feature: Local
   
    Scenario Outline: Can check tunnel working
      Given I opened health check for <profile> and <environment>
      Then I should see "Up and running"
   
      Examples:
        | profile | environment |
        | local   | chrome      |
   

    // Local Steps
    [Binding]
    public class LocalSteps
    {
      private IWebDriver _driver;
      readonly BrowserStackDriver _bsDriver;
   
      public LocalSteps()
      {
        _bsDriver = (BrowserStackDriver)ScenarioContext.Current["bsDriver"];
      }
   
      [Given(@"I opened health check for (.*) and (.*)")]
      public void GivenIOpenedHealthCheck(string profile, string environment)
      {
        _driver = _bsDriver.Init(profile, environment);
        _driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://bs-local.com:45691/check");
      }
   
      [Then(@"I should see ""(.*)""")]
      public void ThenIShouldSee(string body)
      {
        Assert.That(_driver.PageSource, Does.Contain(body));
      }
    }
   

3. You can now run your SpecFlow test using BrowserStack Local with the following command:

   Build the solution in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2
   Run test with fixture “local” from Test Explorer