Integrate BrowserStack Automate with Drone

A step-by-step guide to help you integrate Drone with the BrowserStack device cloud for running all your Selenium tests on BrowserStack Automate.

Drone by Harness™ is a modern Continuous Integration platform that empowers busy teams to automate their build, test, and release workflows using a powerful, cloud-native pipeline engine.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to:

• Setup a pipeline in Drone
• Integrate existing test cases
• Integrate test cases for locally hosted websites

Prerequisites

Before you can start integration, ensure that the following tasks are complete.

• Drone Server is installed on your machine.
• Drone is integrated with your SCM (Source Code Management).
• Drone server is publicly accessible via cloud and has access to at least one Drone Runner.
• You are a maintainer or owner of the project.
• You have access to the BrowserStack account credentials, namely Access Key and Username.

Set up Drone Pipeline

To create a pipeline in Drone, complete the following steps:

1. In your browser, enter the Drone server URL to launch the Drone server.
2. Select your repository from the list of repositories available on the Dashboard.
3. Click Activate Repository to create a webhook in your SCM for Drone to handle changes.
4. On the Settings tab, click Secrets. Drone provides the option to set Secrets either per Repository or per Organization.
5. On the Secrets page, click New organization secret to add your username as the BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME secret. Similarly, add your access key as the BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY secret.
6. After adding the credential details, the secrets page shows entries as follows:
7. Create a .drone.yml file in the root of your repository. Pipelines in Drone are configured using this yaml file.
8. Edit the .drone.yml file to add the type, platform, and steps details according to your Drone Runner setup and test execution commands.
9. In the steps section of the .drone.yml file, add the following details to provide your credential information from Secrets you added in step 5.

    steps:
      environment:
        USERNAME:
          from_secret: BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME
        PASSWORD:
          from_secret: BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY
   

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10. In the commands section of the steps, add the following commands before your test execution command.

     steps:
       commands:
         - export BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME=$USERNAME
         - export BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY=$PASSWORD
    

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11. Save the changes made to the .drone.yml file and push them to your repository. A new build is triggered when the SCM detects a change.
12. View the results on the Automate dashboard.

Integrate existing test cases

With existing test cases, integrating BrowserStack involves editing your test cases to add BrowserStack capabilities, credentials, and remote URL.

Though your existing test scripts include capabilities, BrowserStack also provides specific capabilities that help determine how tests are run. The following example code snippet sets the build name, declares Username and Access Key from environment variables, and creates a remote driver connection.

Using the default DRONE_REPO_NAME and DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER environment variables in the BrowserStack build name helps generate a unique build name for every test run. To learn more about these environment variables, check out the Drone Pipeline Environment Reference page.

Set capabilities using the following code snippet:

userName: YOUR_USERNAME
accessKey: YOUR_ACCESS_KEY
buildName: BStack Build Name
seleniumVersion: 4.0.0

String username = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String repoName = System.getenv("DRONE_REPO_NAME");
String buildNumber = System.getenv("DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER");

MutableCapabilities capabilities = new MutableCapabilities();
HashMap<String, Object> browserstackOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
browserstackOptions.put("buildName", "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber);
browserstackOptions.put("userName", username);
browserstackOptions.put("accessKey", accessKey);
browserstackOptions.put("seleniumVersion", "4.0.0");
capabilities.setCapability("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);

username = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME
accessKey = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY
repoName = process.env.DRONE_REPO_NAME
buildNumber = process.env.DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER

var capabilities = {
  'bstack:options' : {
    "buildName" : "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber,
    "userName" : username,
    "accessKey" : accessKey,
    "seleniumVersion" : "4.0.0",
  },
}
var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
  usingServer("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub").
  withCapabilities(capabilities).
  build();

String username = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String repoName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DRONE_REPO_NAME");
String buildNumber = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER");

ChromeOptions capabilities = new ChromeOptions();
Dictionary<string, object> browserstackOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>();
browserstackOptions.Add("buildName", "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber);
browserstackOptions.Add("userName", username);
browserstackOptions.Add("accessKey", accessKey);
browserstackOptions.Add("seleniumVersion", "4.0.0");

capabilities.AddAdditionalOption("bstack:options", browserstackOptions);

driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub/"), capabilities);

$username = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME');
$accessKey = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY');
$repoName = getenv('DRONE_REPO_NAME');
$buildNumber = getenv('DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER');

$caps = array(
	'bstack:options' => array(
		"buildName" => "drone-".$repoName."-".$buildNumber,
		"seleniumVersion" => "4.0.0",
	),
);
$web_driver = RemoteWebDriver::create(
  "https://".$username.":".$accessKey."@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
  $caps
);

username = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME')
accessKey = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY')
repoName = os.environ.get("DRONE_REPO_NAME");
buildNumber = os.environ.get("DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER");

bstack_options = {
    "buildName" : "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber,
    "seleniumVersion" : "4.0.0",
    "userName": username,
    "accessKey": accessKey
}
options = ChromeOptions()
options.set_capability('bstack:options', bstack_options)
  
driver = webdriver.Remote(
    command_executor="https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
    options=options)

username = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME']
accessKey = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY']
repoName = ENV['DRONE_REPO_NAME']
buildNumber = ENV['DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER']

options = Selenium::WebDriver::Options.chrome
capabilities = {
  'bstack:options' => {
    "buildName" => "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber,
    "seleniumVersion" => "4.0.0",
  },
}

options.add_option('bstack:options', bstack_options)
driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote,
  :url => "https://"+username+":"+accessKey+"@hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub",
  :capabilities => options)

my $username = $ENV{"BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME"};
my $accessKey = $ENV{"BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY"};
my $repoName = $ENV{"DRONE_REPO_NAME"};
my $buildNumber = $ENV{"DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER"};

my $caps = {
  "build" => "drone-".$repoName."-".$buildNumber,
  "seleniumVersion" => "4.0.0",
};

my $host = "$username:$accessKey\@hub.browserstack.com";

my $driver = new Selenium::Remote::Driver('remote_server_addr' => $host,
  'port' => '80', 'extra_capabilities' => $caps);

String username = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = System.getenv("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String repoName = System.getenv("DRONE_REPO_NAME");
String buildNumber = System.getenv("DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER");

DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
capabilities.setCapability("build", "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber);
capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.user", username);
capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.key", accessKey);
driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new URL("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub"), capabilities);

username = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME
accessKey = process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY
repoName = process.env.DRONE_REPO_NAME
buildNumber = process.env.DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER

var capabilities = {
  "build" : "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber
  "browserstack.user" : username,
  "browserstack.key" : accessKey,
}

var driver = new webdriver.Builder().
  usingServer("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub").
  withCapabilities(capabilities).
  build();

String username = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME");
String accessKey = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY");
String repoName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DRONE_REPO_NAME");
String buildNumber = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER");

ChromeOptions capability = new ChromeOptions();
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("build", "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber, true);
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.user", username, true);
capability.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.key", accessKey, true);

driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub/"), capability);

$username = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME');
$accessKey = getenv('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY');
$repoName = getenv('DRONE_REPO_NAME');
$buildNumber = getenv('DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER');

$caps = array(
  "build" => "drone-".$repoName."-".$buildNumber,
  "browserstack.user" => username,
  "browserstack.key" => accessKey
);
$web_driver = RemoteWebDriver::create("https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub", $caps);

username = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME')
accessKey = os.environ.get('BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY')
repoName = os.environ.get("DRONE_REPO_NAME");
buildNumber = os.environ.get("DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER");

desired_cap = {
 'build': "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber,
 'browserstack.user': username,
 'browserstack.key': accessKey,
}
driver = webdriver.Remote(
    command_executor='https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub',
    desired_capabilities=desired_cap
)

username = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME']
accessKey = ENV['BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY']
repoName = ENV['DRONE_REPO_NAME']
buildNumber = ENV['DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER']

caps = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.new
caps['build'] = "drone-" + repoName + "-" + buildNumber
caps['browserstack.user'] = username
caps['browserstack.key'] = accessKey

driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote,
  :url => 'https://hub.browserstack.com/wd/hub',
  :desired_capabilities => caps)

my $username = $ENV{"BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME"};
my $accessKey = $ENV{"BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY"};
my $repoName = $ENV{"DRONE_REPO_NAME"};
my $buildNumber = $ENV{"DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER"};

my $caps = {
  "build" => "drone-".$repoName."-".$buildNumber,
};

my $host = "$username:$accessKey\@hub.browserstack.com";

my $driver = new Selenium::Remote::Driver('remote_server_addr' => $host,
  'port' => '80', 'extra_capabilities' => $caps);

Integrate test cases for locally hosted websites

If you are testing websites hosted locally as part of your testing or development environment, you need to configure your Drone pipeline to use Local testing.

Using the Local testing feature of BrowserStack, remote browsers at the BrowserStack cloud can access websites hosted on your private or internal networks. To learn more about how Local testing works, check out the Local testing section.

Apart from setting up a Local connection, you must also add the browserstack.local capability in your test scripts.

This section guides how to:

1. Enable Local testing
2. Add the browserstack.local capability to test scripts

Enable Local Testing

You can enable Local testing using the ways as shown in the following tab:

Add browserstack.local capability to test scripts

Add the browserstack.local capability to test scripts using the following code snippets. When you set this capability to true, BrowserStack resolves the request via the Local agent running in your network.

browserstackLocal: true

browserstackOptions.put("local", "true");

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

browserstackOptions.Add("local", "true");

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

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

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

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

capabilities.setCapability("browserstack.local", "true");

"browserstack.local" : "true",

capability.AddAdditionalCapability("browserstack.local", "true", true);

"browserstack.local" => "true",

"browserstack.local" : "true",

caps["browserstack.local"] = "true",

"browserstack.local" => "true",

After these configurations, you should be able to run tests on your locally hosted websites on BrowserStack Automate.

You can verify if the test passed or failed on the Drone Dashboard, as shown in the following image.