README.md

nightwatch-browserstack

Nightwatch Integration with BrowserStack.

Setup

• Clone the repo
• Install dependencies npm install
• Update *.conf.js files inside the conf/ directory with your BrowserStack Username and Access Key(https://www.browserstack.com/accounts/settings)

Running your tests

• To run a single test, run npm run single
• To run local tests, run npm run local
• To run parallel tests, run npm run parallel

Understand how many parallel sessions you need by using our Parallel Test Calculator

Notes

• You can view your test results on the BrowserStack automate dashboard

• To test on a different set of browsers, check out our platform configurator

• You can export the environment variables for the Username and Access Key of your BrowserStack account

  export BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME=<browserstack-username> &&
  export BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY=<browserstack-access-key>
  

Connecting to BrowserStack via a proxy server

You can specify proxy settings in Nightwatch by adding the proxy key in your *.conf.js

  selenium : {
    "start_process" : false,
    "host" : "hub-cloud.browserstack.com",
    "port" : 80,
    "proxy": "http://user:pass@host:port"
  },

Additional Resources

• Documentation for writing automate test scripts in Node
• Customizing your tests on BrowserStack
• Browsers & mobile devices for selenium testing on BrowserStack
• Using REST API to access information about your tests via the command-line interface
• Example to update the Browserstack session status based on the test results