Test your apps with API servers locally staged with BrowserStack

BrowserStack can integrate with test suites and app pointing to your local API server. This is done using BrowserStack Local - a tunneling feature that establishes a secure connection between your device and the BrowserStack Cloud.

Prerequisites

• You need to have BrowserStack Username and Access key, which you can find in your account settings. If you have not created an account yet, you can sign up for a Free Trial or purchase a plan.

• BrowserStack Python SDK is installed in your automation test suite.

Configure BrowserStack Local

Once you have installed the BrowserStack SDK, ensure the browserstackLocal property is set to true in your browserstack.yml config file. You can now test your local apps on BrowserStack.

Check connectivity

Run this sample test to check if BrowserStack Local is working as expected and can connect to BrowserStack servers.

cd android
browserstack-sdk python browserstack_sample_local.py

cd ios
browserstack-sdk python browserstack_sample_local.py

Additional configuration

BrowserStack Local works out of the box in most cases, but depending on the API servers being tested and your network configuration, additional configuration may be required. Here are the most frequently occurring scenarios:

The API servers you’re testing are accessible via the internet, but they serve different content within your internal network.

This is common with staging environments set up as sub-domains and configured to work only in your private/VPN network. In this case, add the following entry in your browserstack.yml file.

The forceLocal capability will resolve all network traffic through the BrowserStack Local tunnel.

Bypass invalid certificate warnings

To avoid invalid certificate errors while testing, set the acceptInsecureCerts capability at the root level in your browserstack.yml file.