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Integrate BrowserStack Automate with TeamCity

A guide to help you integrate TeamCity CI/CD with the BrowserStack device cloud for running all your tests.

Introduction

This plugin helps you:

  • Manage your BrowserStack credentials globally or per build job.
  • Set up and teardown BrowserStack Local for testing internal, dev or staging environments.
  • Embed BrowserStack Automate reports in your TeamCity job results.

Installing the plugin

  1. Go to Server Administration and click Plugins List. Highlighting plugins list in Jenkins Administration

  2. Click on upload plugin zip and upload our plugin. Browserstack automate teamcity plugin Installation Upload Plugin Zip file

  3. Restart TeamCity. You should now see BrowserStack in your list of available Plugins. List of plugins inside team city

Configuring projects

  1. Click on Build Features.

  2. Click Add build feature and select BrowserStack from the list. Image showing TeamCity with "Build Features" selected in the left panel and BrowserStack selected in "Add Build Feature" dropdown

  3. Add your BrowserStack USERNAME and ACCESS_KEY, and select the options from the form. Add build feature form for filling browserstack credentials

  4. Save your changes.

Configuring tests

Following environment variables are set by this TeamCity plugin:

BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME
BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY
BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL
BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER

Use these environment variables to set the capabilities in your tests. For example:

String username = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String local = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL");
String Localidentifier = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER");

MutableCapabilities capabilities = new MutableCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "Chrome");
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("os", "Windows");
browserstackOptions.put("local", local);
browserstackOptions.put("localIdentifier", localIdentifier);
browserstackOptions.put("seleniumVersion", "4.0.0");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("https://" + username + ":" + accessKey + "@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);

username = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME
accessKey = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY
local = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL
localIdentifier = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER

var capabilities = {
  'bstack:options' : {
    "os" : "Windows",
    "local" : local,
    "localIdentifier" : localIdentifier,
    "userName" : username,
    "accessKey" : accessKey,
    "seleniumVersion" : "4.0.0",
  },
    "browserName" : "Chrome",
}

var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
  usingServer("https://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub").
  withCapabilities(capabilities).
  build();

String username = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String local = System.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL");
String localIdentifier = System.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER");

ChromeOptions capabilities = new ChromeOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("os", "Windows");
browserstackOptions.Add("userName", username);
browserstackOptions.Add("accessKey", accessKey);
browserstackOptions.Add("seleniumVersion", "4.0.0");
browserstackOptions.Add("local", local);
browserstackOptions.Add("localIdentifier", localIdentifier);
capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub/"), capabilities);

$username = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME');
$accessKey = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY');
$local = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL');
$localIdentifier = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER');

$caps = array(
'bstack:options' => array(
    "os" => "Windows",
    "browserstack.local" => "".$local,
    "browserstack.localIdentifier" => "".$localIdentifier
    "seleniumVersion" => "4.0.0",
),
  "browserName" => "Chrome",
);
$web_driver = RemoteWebDriver::create(
  "https://".$username.":".$accessKey."@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
  $caps
);

username = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME')
accessKey = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY')
local = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL')
localIdentifier = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER')

bstack_options = {
    "os" : "Windows",
    "local": local,
    "localIdentifier": localIdentifier,
    "seleniumVersion" : "4.0.0",
    "userName": username,
    "accessKey": accessKey
}
options = ChromeOptions()
options.set_capability('bstack:options', bstack_options)
driver = webdriver.Remote(
    command_executor="https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
    options=options)

username = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME']
accessKey = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY']
local = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL']
localIdentifier = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER']

# to run on Chrome
options = Selenium::WebDriver::Options.chrome
capabilities = {
  'bstack:options' => {
    "os" => "Windows",
    "local" = local,
    "localIdentifier" = localIdentifier,
    "seleniumVersion" => "4.0.0",
  },
  "browserName" => "Chrome",
}

options.add_option('bstack:options', bstack_options)
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote,
  :url => "https://"+username+":"+accessKey+"@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
  :capabilities => options)
Note: You must pass local and localIdentifier capabilities to test on your local development servers. 
String username = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String browserstackLocal = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL");
String browserstackLocalIdentifier = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("os", "Windows");
capabilities.setCapability("browser", "chrome");
capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.local", browserstackLocal);
capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.localIdentifier", browserstackLocalIdentifier);
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("https://" + username + ":" + accessKey + "@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);

username = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME
accessKey = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY
browserstackLocal = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL
browserstackLocalIdentifier = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER

var capabilities = {
 "os" : "Windows",
 "browser" : "chrome",
 "browserstack.local" : browserstackLocal,
 "browserstack.localIdentifier" : browserstackLocalIdentifier,
 "browserstack.user" : username,
 "browserstack.key" : accessKey
}

var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
  usingServer("https://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub").
  withCapabilities(capabilities).
  build();

String username = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String browserstackLocal = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL");
String browserstackLocalIdentifier = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER");
DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("os", "Windows");
capabilities.setCapability("browser", "chrome");
capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.local", browserstackLocal);
capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.localIdentifier", browserstackLocalIdentifier);
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("https://" + username + ":" + accessKey + "@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);

$username = getenv("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
$accessKey = getenv("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
$browserstackLocal = getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL");
$browserstackLocalIdentifier = getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER");

$caps = array(
  "os" => "Windows",
  "browser" => "chrome",
  "browserstack.local" => $browserstackLocal,
  "browserstack.localIdentifier" => $browserstackLocalIdentifier
);

$web_driver = RemoteWebDriver::create(
  "https://" . $username . ":" . $accessKey . "@hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
  $caps
);

username = os.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME")
access_key = os.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY")
browserstack_local = os.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL")
browserstack_local_identifier = os.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER")

caps = {
 'os': 'Windows',
 'browser': 'chrome',
 'browserstack.local': browserstack_local,
 'browserstack.localIdentifier': browserstack_local_identifier,
 'browserstack.user': username,
 'browserstack.key': access_key
}

driver = webdriver.Remote(
    command_executor='https://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub',
    desired_capabilities=caps)

username = ENV["BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME"]
access_key = ENV["BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY"]
browserstack_local = ENV["BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL"]
browserstack_local_identifier = ENV["BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_IDENTIFIER"]
caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.new
caps["os"] = "Windows"
caps["browser"] = "chrome"
caps["browserstack.local"] = browserstack_local
caps["browserstack.localIdentifier"] = browserstack_local_identifier
caps["browserstack.user"] = username
caps["browserstack.key"] = access_key

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote,
  :url => "https://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
  :desired_capabilities => caps)
Note: You must pass browserstack.local and browserstack.localIdentifier capabilities to test on your local development servers.

Generating and Embedding test reports(for JUNit and TestNG only)

BrowserStack allows you to easily debug your Selenium Webdriver tests with features like Video recordings, Selenium logs, JS Console logs, and Network logs. With our TeamCity plugin, you can view all the logs and reports generated by BrowserStack right inside TeamCity. At this point, embedding test reports only works with a select set of frameworks.

The prerequisites are:

  • Project must be a Java project.
  • Project must be built with Maven and use either TestNG or JUnit for testing.

Generating test reports

This step is required for viewing the BrowserStack Automate Report in your TeamCity job results.

Add the following dependencies to your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.browserstack</groupId>
  <artifactId>automate-testassist</artifactId>
  <version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>


Add the following repositories to your pom.xml file:

<repositories>
  <repository>
    <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
  </repository>
</repositories>

<pluginRepositories>
  <pluginRepository>
  <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
  </pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>


Add the following plugin to your pom.xml file:

<build>
  <plugins>
    <plugin>
      <groupId>com.browserstack</groupId>
      <artifactId>automate-maven-plugin</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
      <configuration>
        <source>${jdk.source.version}</source>
        <target>${jdk.target.version}</target>
        <complianceLevel>${jdk.source.version}</complianceLevel>
      </configuration>
      <executions>
        <execution>
          <goals>
            <goal>test-compile</goal>
          </goals>
        </execution>
      </executions>
    </plugin>
  </plugins>
</build>

You must define the maven properties, jdk.source.version and jdk.target.version to match the Java versions of your project.

Viewing test reports

  1. Go to Project Overview.
  2. Select BrowserStack tab.
  3. Click on an individual test to view its BrowserStack Automate report.

Conclusion

By following the steps outlined in this guide, you should have a seamless integration between your existing automation in TeamCity, your Selenium tests and the BrowserStack Selenium grid. This will help you leverage all the benefits of test automation and the scale and coverage offered by BrowserStack.

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