Browserstack integration

This article will review how to set your Browserstack on Testim and how to run your tests.

How to add a Browserstack grid

Navigate to Company view and then to "Grids" tab.
Click "+" in the top right corner of the screen.
Choose a grid type: Browserstack.
Update the following fields:

Name: The grid name to use at run time.
Browserstack User: Browserstack key to connect.
Browserstack key: Browserstack key to connect.
Host: Browserstack host name.
Port: Browserstack port.

How to run on the grid

You can run your tests remotely using one of the following methods:

CLI/ CI

Add --grid parameter with the grid name.

Scheduler

Use Grid field to choose on which grid to run your tests.

Test Plan

Use Grid field to choose on which grid to run your tests.

From the editor

You can run your test on the grid directly from the test editor.

Click on the options arrow next to the "Run" button
Click on "Run on a grid".

To change the configuration/grid/base url for that run click on "Edit".

Follow the links to learn more about each option.
Note:

Grid parameter replaces the old host and port parameters.
Browserstack doesn't support Linux, please check your test configuration before running.
Please make sure the resolution you are running the test with is supported in Browserstack.
To run the tests on multiple browsers (latest version)\OS\resolutions, you can pass all the relevant test configurations through CLI, for example:

testim --token "INSERT TOKEN" --project "INSERT PROJECT" --grid "INSERT BROWSERSTACK GRID" --report-file testim-report.xml --suite "INSERT SUITE" --test-config "INSERT CONFIGURATION"`

To run the tests on multiple browser versions \ OS's \ resolutions, you will have to pass the Browserstacks capabilities file :generate a JSON capabilities file:
Browserstack has a calculator for that https://www.browserstack.com/automate/capabilities (Set it to NodeJS).
Add this flag to the CLI with the path to the file: --browserstack-options <path.json>

For each combination you want to use (for each capability file), you can add the relevant details and have one "big" command to run, for example:

testim --token "INSERT TOKEN" --project "INSERT PROJECT" --grid "INSERT BROWSERSTACK GRID" --report-file testim-report.xml --suite "INSERT SUITE" --test-config "INSERT CONFIGURATION"  --browserstack-options <PATH.JSON>

Note: When running a Test Plan on BrowserStack, you cannot specify the browser's name in the option file. This will result with a conflict because it's already defined in the test plan.