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Playwright with MSTest

Your guide to running tests using MSTest SDK on BrowserStack’s Playwright Grid of 100+ browser-OS combinations.

Run tests on 100+ browser-OS combinations

This section covers running your first build with BrowserStack’s sample repo. To run builds with your existing test suite(s), skip to integrate your test suite.

Prerequisites

BrowserStack Username and Access key. You can find this in your account profile section. If you do not have an account yet, sign up for a Free Trial.

The BrowserStack SDK for MSTest is currently not available on Mac computers with the M1 and M2 chip architecture.

Run a sample build

Run a sample MSTest test build, using your preferred method on BrowserStack:

Get sample project

Get our sample project by following these steps:

Download project

Download ZIP

After downloading the sample project, unzip it in a desired location.

Import the downloaded project

Click File > Open. Navigate to your project and open it.

Configure your browserstack.yml config file

The browserstack.yml file holds all the required capabilities to run your tests on BrowserStack.

Set access credentials

Set userName and accessKey parameters in the browserstack.yml file, available in the root directory, to authenticate your tests on BrowserStack.

Specify platforms to test on

Set the browsers/OS you want to test under the platforms object. Select over 100+ browsers-OS combinations from the list of supported browsers and OS.

Update the browserstack.yml config file

Copy and replace the following config in the browserstack.yml file available in the root directory of the project. Note that the values in the platforms section are sample values. Replace them with the browser-OS combination of your choice.

browserstack.yml
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Run sample tests on BrowserStack!

On the Visual Studio toolbar, select TestTest Explorer.

Right-click on your test and click Run.

Select and Run Test

Clone the Git repository

Clone our sample Git repository using these commands.

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Configure your browserstack.yml config file

The browserstack.yml file holds all the required capabilities to run your tests on BrowserStack.

Set access credentials

Set userName and accessKey parameters in the browserstack.yml file, available in the root directory, to authenticate your tests on BrowserStack.

Specify platforms to test on

Set the browsers/OS you want to test under the platforms object. Select over 100+ browsers-OS combinations from the list of supported browsers and OS.

Update the browserstack.yml config file

Copy and replace the following config in the browserstack.yml file available in the root directory of the project. Note that the values in the platforms section are sample values. Replace them with the browser-OS combination of your choice.

browserstack.yml
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Run sample tests on BrowserStack!

Use the given command to tests on BrowserStack.

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View test results

View your tests on the BrowserStack Automate dashboard. To learn more about the dashboard, check the view test results document.

Automate Dashboard

Next steps

After you have successfully run your first test on BrowserStack, try integrating your test suite with BrowserStack.

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