Multiple Local Testing Connections

If you are using the BrowserStack SDK, add the following snippet to your browserstack.yml file:

browserStackLocalOptions:
  localIdentifier: randomstring

Add the following snippet to your test scripts:

bsLocalArgs.put("localIdentifier", "randomstring");

bs_local_args = { 'key': '<browserstack-accesskey>', 'localIdentifier': 'randomstring' }

bsLocalArgs.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, string>("localIdentifier", "randomstring"));

my %bs_local_args = ("key" => "<browserstack-accesskey>", "localIdentifier" => "randomstring");

bs_local_args = { "key": "<browserstack-accesskey>" , "localIdentifier": "randomstring"}

bs_local_args = { "key" => "<browserstack-accesskey>" , "localIdentifier" => "randomstring"}

my %bs_local_args = ("key" => "<browserstack-accesskey>", "localIdentifier" => "randomstring");

Establish each Local Testing connection using the --local-identifier flag, along with a unique connection name (for instance, Test 123).

Note: Not using the --local-identifier flag (for each Local Testing connection) will cut off the existing connection and create a new one.

Run the binary using the following command:

./BrowserStackLocal --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --local-identifier Test123

BrowserStackLocal.exe --key YOUR_ACCESS_KEY --local-identifier Test123

After establishing Local Testing connections, configure the test script to run through a specific connection. To do so, set the browserstack.localIdentifier capability in your test scripts and add the unique connection name as parameter.

caps.setCapability("browserstack.local", "true");
caps.setCapability("browserstack.localIdentifier", "Test123");

var capabilities = {
  'browserstack.local' : 'true',
  'browserstack.localIdentifier' : 'Test123'
}

caps.SetCapability("browserstack.local", "true");
caps.SetCapability("browserstack.localIdentifier", "Test123")

$caps['browserstack.local'] = "true";
$caps['browserstack.localIdentifier'] = "Test123";

caps['browserstack.local'] = True
caps['browserstack.localIdentifier'] = 'Test123'

caps['browserstack.local'] = 'true'
caps['browserstack.localIdentifier'] = 'Test123'

my $caps = {
  "browserstack.local" => "true",
  "browserstack.localIdentifier" => "Test123"
};