Manage incoming connections

If you are using BrowserStack SDK, you can set the capabilities covered in this document within the browserstack.yml file:

Test apps that retrieve data from private or internal servers

You can securely test mobile apps that retrieve data from private or internal servers using --force-local on our remote mobile devices. This option resolves all requests (on our remote devices) through your local machine.

To enable this option, use one of two ways to establish the Local Testing connection:

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --force-local

BrowserStackLocal.exe --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --force-local

After establishing the Local Testing connection, use your test scripts to access and interact with your internally-hosted website (for example, staging.example.com).

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("local", "true");

var capabilities = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"local" : "true",
	},
}

AppiumOptions capabilities = new AppiumOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("local", "true");

$caps = array(
    'bstack:options' => array(
        "local" => "true",
    ),
)

desired_cap = {
	'bstack:options' : {
		"local" : "true",
	},
}

capabilities = {
    'bstack:options' => {
        "local" => "true",
    },
}

DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
desiredCapabilities.setCapability("browserstack.local", "true");

var capabilities = {
	'browserstack.local': 'true',
}

DesiredCapabilities capability = new DesiredCapabilities();
capability.SetCapability("browserstack.local", "true");

$capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
$capabilities->setCapability("forcelocal", "true");

desired_cap = {
	'browserstack.local': 'true'
}

desired_caps = {
    'browserstack.local': 'true'
}

Test apps that retrieve data from private or internal servers

You can securely test mobile apps that retrieve data from private or internal servers using --force-local on our remote mobile devices. This option resolves all requests (on our remote devices) through your local machine.

To enable this option, use one of two ways to establish the Local Testing connection:

bs_local_args = { "key" => "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" , "forcelocal" => "true"}

bsLocalArgs.put("forcelocal", "true");

bs_local_args = { "key": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" , "forcelocal": "true"}

bs_local_args = { 'key': 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY', 'forceLocal': 'true' }

bsLocalArgs.Add(new KeyValuePair("forcelocal", "true"));

$bs_local_args = array("key" => "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY", "forcelocal" => true);

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --force-local

BrowserStackLocal.exe --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --force-local

After establishing the Local Testing connection, use your test scripts to access and interact with your internally-hosted website (for example, staging.example.com).