Integrate Your Test Suite with BrowserStack
Integrate BrowserStack into your test suite using the BrowserStack Node SDK — a plug-and-play solution that takes care of all the integration steps for you!
Select your integration method
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BrowserStack SDK (Recommended)
Plug-n-play solution that takes care of all the integration steps for you -
Legacy integration
Perform the integration steps yourself. Useful for custom frameworks and advanced use-cases
Using the BrowserStack SDK is the recommended integration method for NodeJS. The SDK handles your integration steps automatically. Use the Manual integration only when you are using custom frameworks or want to handle advanced parallelization use-cases.
Learn the benefits of using BrowserStack SDK
Following are the benefits of using BrowserStack SDK against manual integration process:
| Integration step | With BrowserStack SDK | With manual integration |
|---|---|---|
| Perform Webdriver changes to run tests on BrowserStack |
 Via the browserstack.yml config file |
 Requires code changes to change the RemoteWebdriver |
| Integrate with BrowserStack Local |
Via the browserstack.yml config file |
Requires code changes in test suite |
| Send test context to BrowserStack for reporting |
Requires code changes in test suite |
Requires additional code to be added in the test suite hooks |
| Use basic cross browser testing parallelization |
Via the browserstack.yml config file |
May require code changes depending on the test suite |
| Use advanced parallelization strategies |
Requires code changes to support different parallelisation strategies |
Requires code changes to support different parallelization strategies |
Integration steps
Install BrowserStack Node SDK
Install the BrowserStack SDK using npm for your NodeJS based test suite for plug-and-play integration with BrowserStack.
The npx setup command generates a browserstack.yml file at the root location of your project with your access credentials already configured. It also adds new command(s) in your package.json file to run tests on BrowserStack.
Configure your browserstack.yml file
The auto-generated browserstack.yml file situated in the root location of your project holds all the required settings to run tests on BrowserStack.
Set platforms to test on
Set the browsers and devices you want to test under the platforms object. Our config follows W3C formatted capabilities.
Configure BrowserStack Local
Test localhost / internal servers in your network
BrowserStack’s Local Testing feature connects with test suites pointing to your localhost URL
If your staging environment is behind a proxy or firewall, you need to set additional arguments, such as proxy username, proxy password, etc. Check out Local Binary parameters to learn about additional arguments or Contact Support for assistance.
BrowserStack Reporting
You can leverage BrowserStack’s extensive reporting features using the following capabilities:
Set build name as the name of the job/test suite being run
| buildIdentifier | Description | Generated build name on BrowserStack dashboard |
|---|---|---|
| ${BUILD_NUMBER} (Default) | If build is triggered locally, an incremental counter is appended. If build is triggered with CI tools, CI generated build number is appended. |
bstack-demo 1 bstack-demo CI 1395 |
| ${DATE_TIME} | The timestamp of run time is appended to the build. | bstack-demo 29-Nov-20:44 |
Advanced use cases for Build name
Custom formatting of build name
Prefix buildIdentifier with desired characters, for example, # or :
buildName: bstack-demo
buildIdentifier: '#${BUILD_NUMBER}'
Re-run tests in a build
You can re-run selected tests from a build using any of the following options:
Option 1: Set the build name as a combination of buildName and buildIdentifier, as seen on the dashboard, and set buildIdenitifier as null:
buildName: bstack-demo 123
buildIdentifier: null
Option 2: Set the buildIdentifier as the build number or time of the required build as seen on the dashboard:
buildName: bstack-demo
buildIdentifier: 123
Set a project name for your project.
Use additional debugging features
By default, BrowserStack provides prettified session logs, screenshots on every failed selenium command, and a video of the entire test. Additionally, you can enable the following features:
Update BrowserStack Config file
Copy the given config into your browserstack.yml file.
Run your test suite on BrowserStack
Your test suite is now ready to run on BrowserStack! Run the commands added under the scripts property section in the package.json file. Here is an example command:
If you don’t see any new commands, make sure you ran npx setup correctly or contact support for assistance.
Advanced features and use cases
Here’s a list of features and capabilities that you might find useful:
Accept insecure certificates
The acceptInsecureCerts capability suppresses browser popups warning about self-signed certificates usually found in staging environments.
| Capability | Expected values |
|---|---|
acceptInsecureCerts |
A boolean. Default is False.True if you want to accept all SSL certificates. |
Change desktop resolution
The resolution capability changes the default desktop screen resolution for your tests on BrowserStack infrastructure.
| Capability | Description | Expected values |
|---|---|---|
resolution |
Set the resolution of your VM before beginning your test | A string. Default resolution is 1024x768 Supported resolutions: Windows (XP): 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1600x1200, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 2048x1536, 2560x1600, and 2560x1920 Windows (7): 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1600x1200, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 2048x1536, 2560x1600, 2560x1920, and 3840x2160 Windows (8, 8.1, 10, 11): 1024x768, 1280x800, 1280x1024, 1366x768, 1440x900, 1680x1050, 1600x1200, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 2048x1536, 2560x1600, 2560x1920, and 3840x2160 OS X (Ventura, Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra): 1024x768, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1080, 2560x1440, 2560x1600, and 3840x2160 OS X (All other versions): 1024x768, 1280x960, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, and 1920x1080
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Adding root level or platform level capabilities
You can add any capability in the browserstack.yml file at the root level or platform level. Refer to the snippet for details.
Other use cases
Use the following additional links to documentation pages that might help with your test scenarios:
Next steps
Once you have successfully integrated your test suite with BrowserStack, you might want to check the following:
- Generate a list of capabilities that you want to use in tests
- Find information about your Projects, Builds and Sessions using our REST APIs
- Set up your CI/CD: Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, Azure, CircleCI, BitBucket, TravisCI, GitHub Actions
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