Test on Internal Networks

Within your test scripts, you can add a snippet that will automatically start and end the Local Testing connection. To do this, you’ll need bindings.

Following are the steps to download and install the bindings:

• Download the Makefile.PL file from the GitHub repository and execute the following commands:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make install
  

  Note: Before you execute the test, ensure to install JSON::Parse library.

• Setup the Local Testing connection in your code:

    use BrowserStack::Local;
  
    # Creates an instance of Local
    $bs_local = BrowserStack::Local::new;
  
    # You can also set an environment variable - "BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY".
    my %bs_local_args = ("key" => "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY");
  
    # Starts the Local instance with the required arguments
    $bs_local->start(%bs_local_args);
  
    # Check if BrowserStack local instance is running
    print($bs_local->isRunning());
  
    # Stop the Local instance
    $bs_local->stop();
  

  Refer to this GitHub repository for more details.

You can also start a Local Testing connection through your command-line interface by following the steps below:

• Download the appropriate binary for your system:
  • OS X (10.7 and above)
  • Linux 32-bit
  • Linux 64-bit
  • Windows (XP and above)
• Unzip the binary to a folder/directory on your machine.
• Open your command-line interface and navigate to the folder containing the Local binary.
• Run the binary using the following command:

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY

BrowserStackLocal.exe --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY