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Hide sensitive test data

Learn how to prevent sensitive test data from appearing in the logs of Selenium tests in BrowserStack Automate.

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To execute some test scenarios, you use commands that send or retrieve data like email ID, cookies, credentials, etc. to or from remote browsers. In Automate, this data may appear in session logs, text, video, screenshots, and Selenium logs.

This guide shows you how to prevent this data from appearing in the session logs by:

  1. Masking values in text and raw session logs.
  2. Disabling specific logs (video, visual, and Selenium logs).

Masking sensitive data in text and raw logs

If you are using BrowserStack SDK, you can set the following capabilities in the browserstack.yml file:

Capability Value
maskCommands
Use this capability to mask the data sent or retrieved by certain commands.

Note: You can pass multiple commands in a single array, separated by commas.		 Default: Empty Array

setValues
All the text sent via sendKeys command will be redacted.

getValues
All the text retrieved via get command will be redacted.

setCookies
All the cookies which are set by the addCookie command will be redacted.

getCookies
All the cookie values obtained using the getCookies and getCookieNamed command will be redacted.

Example

The following sample shows how to configure your Selenium tests using maskCommands capability:

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This will replace all keystrokes and other values with REDACTED in your Automate session logs (text and raw).

Image of Raw logs where sendkeys input is shown as redacted

Using BrowserStack’s maskCommands capability, you can also mask the output of the screenshot command instead of uploading the image. Here is an example to do this:

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Test session with masked screenshot

It is recommended that you disable the Selenium logs since the maskCommands capability masks only the sensitive data from Text & Raw Logs. The sensitive information from Selenium Logs remains unmasked.

Disable specific logs

Apart from text and raw session logs, BrowserStack Automate also has videos, visuals, and the standard Selenium logs. These logs can not be masked.

To prevent sensitive information from appearing in these logs, you’ll need to disable them individually.

Disabling video logs

By default, video logs are enabled for all Automate sessions. Use the following capability to disable it.

Capability Value
video
Use this capability to enable or disable video log of your Automate test.		 true, false
Default: true

The sample below shows how to use video capability to disable video recording in your test:

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Disabling visual logs (screenshots)

BrowserStack provides a visual log for Automate sessions. These are screenshots generated at different steps in your test script.

To prevent sensitive information from getting captured in these screenshots, make sure that visual logs are disabled. If not, set the debug capability to false.

Capability Value
debug
Use this capability to enable or disable visual log in your Automate session.		 true, false
Default: false

The sample below shows how to use debug capability to disable visual log in your test:

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Disabling the Selenium logs

For every Automate session, you get Selenium logs by default. However, these logs can not be masked.

You can disable Selenium logs by using the following capabilities:

Capability Value
seleniumLogs
Use this capability to disable selenium logs for your desktop browser tests.		 true, false
Default: true

The sample below shows how to disable seleniumLogs and capabilities for your test:

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BrowserStack SDK is a plug-n-play solution that takes care of all the integration steps for you. Using the BrowserStack SDK is the recommended integration method for your project. To know more, visit the SDK core concepts page.

BrowserStack’s maskCommands capability hides data that you send to or retrieve from the remote browsers through the following commands:

Capability Value
maskCommands
Use this capability to mask the data sent or retrieved by certain commands.

Note: You can pass multiple commands in a single array, separated by commas.		 Default: Empty Array

setValues
All the text sent via sendKeys command will be redacted.

getValues
All the text retrieved via get command will be redacted.

setCookies
All the cookies which are set by the addCookie command will be redacted.

getCookies
All the cookie values obtained using the getCookies and getCookieNamed command will be redacted.

Example

The following sample shows how to configure your Selenium tests using maskCommands capability:

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DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("maskCommands", "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

var capabilities = {
    'bstack:options' : {
        "maskCommands" : 'setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies'
    }
}

Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("maskCommands", "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

$caps = array(
 	'bstack:options' => array(
        "maskCommands" => "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies",
 	)
 )

desired_cap = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
        "maskCommands" : "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies",
 	}
 }

capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' => {
 		"maskCommands" => "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies",
 	}
}

This will replace all keystrokes and other values with REDACTED in your Automate session logs (text and raw).

Image of Raw logs where sendkeys input is shown as redacted

Using BrowserStack’s maskCommands capability, you can also mask the output of the screenshot command instead of uploading the image. Here is an example to do this:

Copy 
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("maskCommands", "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

var capabilities = {
    'bstack:options' : {
        "maskCommands" : 'screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies'
    }
}

Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("maskCommands", "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

$caps = array(
 	'bstack:options' => array(
        "maskCommands" => "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies",
 	)
 )

desired_cap = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
        "maskCommands" : "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies",
 	}
 }

capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' => {
 		"maskCommands" => "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies",
 	}
}

It is recommended that you disable the Selenium logs since the maskCommands capability masks only the sensitive data from Text & Raw Logs. The sensitive information from Selenium Logs remains unmasked.

BrowserStack’s maskCommands capability hides data that you send to or retrieve from the remote browsers through the following commands:

Capability Value
browserstack.maskCommands
Use this capability to mask the data sent or retrieved by certain commands.

Note: You can pass multiple commands in a single array, separated by commas.		 Default: Empty Array

setValues
All the text sent via sendKeys command will be redacted.

getValues
All the text retrieved via get command will be redacted.

setCookies
All the cookies which are set by the addCookie command will be redacted.

getCookies
All the cookie values obtained using the getCookies and getCookieNamed command will be redacted.

Example

The following sample shows how to configure your Selenium tests using browserstack.maskCommands capability:

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caps.setCapability("browserstack.maskCommands", "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");

capabilities['browserstack.maskCommands'] = 'setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies'

caps.SetCapability("browserstack.maskCommands", "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");

$caps["browserstack.maskCommands"] = "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies";

caps["browserstack.maskCommands"] = "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies"

caps["browserstack.maskCommands"] = "setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies"

This will replace all keystrokes and other values with REDACTED in your Automate session logs (text and raw).

Image of Raw logs where sendkeys input is shown as redacted

Using BrowserStack’s maskCommands capability, you can also mask the output of the screenshot command instead of uploading the image. Here is an example to do this:

Copy 
caps.setCapability("browserstack.maskCommands", "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");

capabilities['browserstack.maskCommands'] = 'screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies'

caps.SetCapability("browserstack.maskCommands", "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies");

$caps["browserstack.maskCommands"] = "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies";

caps["browserstack.maskCommands"] = "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies"

caps["browserstack.maskCommands"] = "screenshot, setValues, getValues, setCookies, getCookies"

It is recommended that you disable the Selenium logs since the browserstack.maskCommands capability masks only the sensitive data from Text & Raw Logs. The sensitive information from Selenium Logs remains unmasked.

Disable specific logs

Apart from text and raw session logs, BrowserStack Automate also has videos, visuals, and the standard Selenium logs. These logs can not be masked.

To prevent sensitive information from appearing in these logs, you’ll need to disable them individually.

Disabling video logs

By default, video logs are enabled for all Automate sessions. Use the following capability to disable it.

Capability Value
video
Use this capability to enable or disable video log of your Automate test.		 true, false
Default: true

The sample below shows how to use video capability to disable video recording in your test:

Copy 
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("video", "false");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

var capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
 		"video" : "false",
 	}
}

Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("video", "false");
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

$caps = array(
'bstack:options' => array(
  "video" => "false"
     )
);

desired_cap = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
 		"video" : "false",
 	}
}

capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' => {
 		"video" => "false",
 	}
}

By default, video logs are enabled for all Automate sessions. Use the following capability to disable it.

Capability Value
browserstack.video
Use this capability to enable or disable video log of your Automate test.		 true, false
Default: true

The sample below shows how to use browserstack.video capability to disable video recording in your test:

Copy 
caps.setCapability("browserstack.video", "false");

var capabilities = {
  'browserstack.video' : 'false'
}

caps.SetCapability("browserstack.video", "false");

$caps["browserstack.video"] = "false";

caps["browserstack.video"] = "false"

caps["browserstack.video"] = "false"

Disabling visual logs (screenshots)

BrowserStack provides a visual log for Automate sessions. These are screenshots generated at different steps in your test script.

To prevent sensitive information from getting captured in these screenshots, make sure that visual logs are disabled. If not, set the debug capability to false.

Capability Value
debug
Use this capability to enable or disable visual log in your Automate session.		 true, false
Default: false

The sample below shows how to use debug capability to disable visual log in your test:

Copy 
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("debug", "false");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

var capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
 		"debug" : "false",
 	}
}

Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
 browserstackOptions.Add("debug", "false");
 capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

$caps = array(
 	'bstack:options' => array(
 		"debug" => "false",
 	)
 )

desired_cap = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
 		"debug" : "false"
 	}
}

capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' => {
 		"debug" => "false",
 	}
}

BrowserStack provides a visual log for Automate sessions. These are screenshots generated at different steps in your test script.

To prevent sensitive information from getting captured in these screenshots, make sure that visual logs are disabled. If not, set the browserstack.debug capability to false.

Capability Value
browserstack.debug
Use this capability to enable or disable visual log in your Automate session.		 true, false
Default: false

The sample below shows how to use browserstack.debug capability to disable visual log in your test:

Copy 
caps.setCapability("browserstack.debug", "false");

var capabilities = {
  'browserstack.debug' : 'false'
}

caps.SetCapability("browserstack.debug", "false");

$caps["browserstack.debug"] = "false";

caps["browserstack.debug"] = "false"

caps["browserstack.debug"] = "false"

Disabling the Selenium logs

For every Automate session, you get Selenium logs by default. However, these logs can not be masked.

You can disable Selenium logs by using the following capabilities:

Capability Value
seleniumLogs
Use this capability to disable selenium logs for your desktop browser tests.		 true, false
Default: true

The sample below shows how to disable seleniumLogs capabilities for your test:

Copy 
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("seleniumLogs", "false");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

var capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
 		"seleniumLogs" : "false",
 	}
 }

Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("seleniumLogs", "false");
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

$caps = array(
 	'bstack:options' => array(
 		"seleniumLogs" => "false",
 	)
 )

desired_cap = {
 	'bstack:options' : {
 		"seleniumLogs" : "false",\
 	}
 }

capabilities = {
 	'bstack:options' => {
 		"seleniumLogs" => "false",
 	}
 }

For every Automate session, you get Selenium logs by default. However, these logs can not be masked.

You can disable Selenium logs by using the following capabilities:

Capability Value
browserstack.seleniumLogs
Use this capability to disable selenium logs for your desktop browser tests.		 true, false
Default: true

The sample below shows how to disable browserstack.seleniumLogs capabilities for your test:

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caps.setCapability("browserstack.seleniumLogs", "false");

capabilities['browserstack.seleniumLogs'] = 'false';

caps.SetCapability("browserstack.seleniumLogs", "false");

$caps["browserstack.seleniumLogs"] = "false";

caps["browserstack.seleniumLogs"] = "false"

caps["browserstack.seleniumLogs"] = "false"

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