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# BrowserStack Runner



[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/browserstack/browserstack-runner.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/browserstack/browserstack-runner)



A command line interface to run browser tests over BrowserStack.



## Usage



Install globally:



    npm -g install browserstack-runner



Then, after setting up the configuration, run tests with:



    browserstack-runner



You can also install locally and run the local binary:



    npm install browserstack-runner

    node_modules/.bin/browserstack-runner



If you're getting an error `EACCES open ... BrowserStackLocal`, configure npm to install modules using something other than the default "nobody" user:



    npm -g config set user [user]



Where `[user]` is replaced with a local user with enough permissions.



CLI options:



`--path`: Can be used if a different test runner is needed other than the one present in the `browserstack.json` file.



`--pid`: Custom `pid` file that stores the pid's of the BrowserStackLocal instances created.



`--verbose` or `-v`: For verbose logging.



`--browsers` or `-b`: Space separated list of `cli_key` as defined in the `browserstack.json` file. This will run tests on the selected browsers only. If not present tests will run on all browsers present in the configuration file.



Sample Usage:

`browserstack_runner --browsers 1 2 3 --path 'path/to/test/runner' --pid 'path/to/pid/file' -v`



## Usage as a module



`browserstack-runner` can also be used as a module. To run your tests, inside your project do -



```node

var browserstackRunner = require("browserstack-runner");



var config = require("./browserstack.json");



browserstackRunner.run(config, function(error, report) {

  if (error) {

    console.log("Error:" + error);

    return;

  }

  console.log(JSON.stringify(report, null, 2));

  console.log("Test Finished");

});

```



The callback to `browserstackRunner.run` is called with two params -



- `error`: This parameter is either `null` or an `Error` object (if test execution failed) with message as the reason of why executing the tests on `BrowserStack` failed.

- `report`: This is an array which can be used to keep track of the executed tests and suites in a run. Each object in the array has the following keys -

  - `browser`: The name of the browser the test executed on.

  - `tests`: An array of `Test` objects. The `Test` Objects are described [here](https://github.com/js-reporters/js-reporters#event-data)

  - `suites`: A global Suite Object as described [here](https://github.com/js-reporters/js-reporters#event-data)



The structure of the `report` object is as follows -



```json

[

  {

    "browser": "Windows 7, Firefox 47.0",

    "tests": [

      {

        "name": "isOdd()",

        "suiteName": "Odd Tests",

        "fullName": ["Odd Tests", "isOdd()"],

        "status": "passed",

        "runtime": 2,

        "errors": [],

        "assertions": [

          {

            "passed": true,

            "actual": true,

            "expected": true,

            "message": "One is an odd number"

          },

          {

            "passed": true,

            "actual": true,

            "expected": true,

            "message": "Three is an odd number"

          },

          {

            "passed": true,

            "actual": true,

            "expected": true,

            "message": "Zero is not odd number"

          }

        ]

      }

    ],

    "suites": {

      "fullName": [],

      "childSuites": [

        {

          "name": "Odd Tests",

          "fullName": ["Odd Tests"],

          "childSuites": [],

          "tests": [

            {

              "name": "isOdd()",

              "suiteName": "Odd Tests",

              "fullName": ["Odd Tests", "isOdd()"],

              "status": "passed",

              "runtime": 2,

              "errors": [],

              "assertions": [

                {

                  "passed": true,

                  "actual": true,

                  "expected": true,

                  "message": "One is an odd number"

                },

                {

                  "passed": true,

                  "actual": true,

                  "expected": true,

                  "message": "Three is an odd number"

                },

                {

                  "passed": true,

                  "actual": true,

                  "expected": true,

                  "message": "Zero is not odd number"

                }

              ]

            }

          ],

          "status": "passed",

          "testCounts": {

            "passed": 1,

            "failed": 0,

            "skipped": 0,

            "total": 1

          },

          "runtime": 2

        }

      ],

      "tests": [],

      "status": "passed",

      "testCounts": {

        "passed": 1,

        "failed": 0,

        "skipped": 0,

        "total": 1

      },

      "runtime": 2

    }

  }

]

```



## Configuration



To run browser tests on BrowserStack infrastructure, you need to create a `browserstack.json` file in project's root directory (the directory from which tests are run), by running this command:



`browserstack-runner init [preset] [path]`



`preset`: Path of a custom preset file. Default: `presets/default.json`



`path`: Path to test file. Default: `path/to/test/runner`



### Parameters for `browserstack.json`



- `username`: BrowserStack username (Or `BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME` environment variable)

- `key`: BrowserStack [access key](https://www.browserstack.com/accounts/local-testing) (Or `BROWSERSTACK_KEY` environment variable)

- `test_path`: Path to the test page which will run the tests when opened in a browser.

- `test_framework`: Specify test framework which will run the tests. Currently supporting qunit, jasmine, jasmine1.3.1, jasmine2 and mocha.

- `test_server_port`: Specify test server port that will be opened from BrowserStack. If not set the default port 8888 will be used. Find a [list of all supported ports on browerstack.com](https://www.browserstack.com/question/664).

- `timeout`: Specify worker timeout with BrowserStack.

- `browsers`: A list of browsers on which tests are to be run. Find a [list of all supported browsers and platforms on browerstack.com](https://www.browserstack.com/list-of-browsers-and-platforms?product=js_testing).

- `build`: A string to identify your test run in Browserstack. In `TRAVIS` setup `TRAVIS_COMMIT` will be the default identifier.

- `proxy`: Specify a proxy to use for the local tunnel. Object with `host`, `port`, `username` and `password` properties.

- `exit_with_fail`: If set to true the cli process will exit with fail if any of the tests failed. Useful for automatic build systems.

- `tunnel_pid_file`: Specify a path to file to save the tunnel process id into. Can also by specified using the `--pid` flag while launching browserstack-runner from the command line.



A sample configuration file:



```json

{

  "username": "",

  "key": "",

  "test_framework": "qunit|jasmine|jasmine2|mocha",

  "test_path": ["relative/path/to/test/page1", "relative/path/to/test/page2"],

  "test_server_port": "8899",

  "browsers": [

    {

      "browser": "ie",

      "browser_version": "10.0",

      "device": null,

      "os": "Windows",

      "os_version": "8",

      "cli_key": 1

    },

    {

      "os": "android",

      "os_version": "4.0",

      "device": "Samsung Galaxy Nexus",

      "cli_key": 2

    },

    {

      "os": "ios",

      "os_version": "7.0",

      "device": "iPhone 5S",

      "cli_key": 3

    }

  ]

}

```



#### `browsers` parameter



`browsers` parameter is a list of objects, where each object contains the details of the browsers on which you want to run your tests. This object differs for browsers on desktop platforms and browsers on mobile platforms. Browsers on desktop platform should contain `browser`, `browser_version`, `os`, `os_version` parameters set as required and the `cli_key` parameter is optional and can be used in the command line when tests need to be run on a set of browsers from the `browserstack.json` file.



Example:



```json

{

  "browser": "ie",

  "browser_version": "10.0",

  "os": "Windows",

  "os_version": "8",

  "cli_key": 1

}

```



For mobile platforms, `os`, `os_version` and `device` parameters are required.



Example:



```json

[

  {

    "os": "ios",

    "os_version": "8.3",

    "device": "iPhone 6 Plus",

    "cli_key": 1

  },

  {

    "os": "android",

    "os_version": "4.0",

    "device": "Google Nexus",

    "cli_key": 2

  }

]

```



For a full list of supported browsers, platforms and other details, [visit the BrowserStack site](https://www.browserstack.com/list-of-browsers-and-platforms?product=js_testing).



#### Compact `browsers` configuration



When `os` and `os_version` granularity is not desired, following configuration can be used:



- `[browser]_current` or _browser_\_latest: will assign the latest version of the _browser_.

- `[browser]_previous`: will assign the previous version of the _browser_.

- `[browser]_[version]`: will assign the _version_ specified of the _browser_. Minor versions can be concatenated with underscores.



This can also be mixed with fine-grained configuration.



Example:



```json

{

  "browsers": [

    "chrome_previous",

    "chrome_latest",

    "firefox_previous",

    "firefox_latest",

    "ie_6",

    "ie_11",

    "opera_12_1",

    "safari_5_1",

    {

      "browser": "ie",

      "browser_version": "10.0",

      "device": null,

      "os": "Windows",

      "os_version": "8",

      "cli_key": 1

    }

  ]

}

```



**Note:**

These shortcuts work only for browsers on desktop platforms supported by BrowserStack.



### Proxy support for BrowserStack local



Add the following in `browserstack.json`



```json

{

  "proxy": {

    "host": "localhost",

    "port": 3128,

    "username": "foo",

    "password": "bar"

  }

}

```



### Supported environment variables



To avoid duplication of system or user specific information across several configuration files, use these environment variables:



- `BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME`: BrowserStack user name.

- `BROWSERSTACK_KEY`: BrowserStack key.

- `TUNNEL_ID`: Identifier for the current instance of the tunnel process. In `TRAVIS` setup `TRAVIS_JOB_ID` will be the default identifier.

- `BROWSERSTACK_JSON`: Path to the browserstack.json file. If null, `browserstack.json` in the root directory will be used.

- `BROWSERSTACK_LOCAL_BINARY_PATH`: Path to the browserstack local binary present on the system. If null, `BrowserStackLocal` in the `lib/` directory will be used.



### Secure Information



To avoid checking in the BrowserStack `username` and `key` in your source control system, the corresponding environment variables can be used.



These can also be provided by a build server, for example [using secure environment variables on Travis CI](http://about.travis-ci.org/docs/user/build-configuration/#Secure-environment-variables).



### Code Sample



Check out code sample [here](https://github.com/browserstack/browserstack-runner-sample).



### Running Tests



BrowserStack Runner is currently tested by running test cases defined in [QUnit](https://github.com/jquery/qunit), [Mocha](https://github.com/mochajs/mocha), and [Spine](https://github.com/spine/spine) repositories.



To run tests:



    npm test



To run a larger suite of tests ensuring compatibility with older versions of QUnit, etc.:



    npm run test-ci



Tests are also run for every pull request, courtesy [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/).



### Timeout issue with Travis CI



You might face [build timeout issue on Travis](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/common-build-problems/#Build-times-out-because-no-output-was-received) if runner takes more than 10 minutes to run tests.



There are 2 possible ways to solve this problem:



1. Run a script which does `console.log` every 1-2 minutes. This will output to console and hence avoid Travis build timeout

2. Use `travis_wait` function provided by Travis-CI. You can prefix `browserstack-runner` command by `travis-wait` in your `travis.yml` file



We would recommend using `travis_wait` function. It also allows you to configure wait time (ex: `travis_wait 20 browserstack-runner`, this will extend wait time to 20 minutes). Read more about `travis_wait` [here](https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/common-build-problems/#Build-times-out-because-no-output-was-received)