Safari Plugin Support in BrowserStack Automate

Learn how to install Safari plugins in BrowserStack Automate Selenium sessions on macOS.

This document provides a solution for enabling Safari plugin support in BrowserStack Automate Selenium sessions on macOS. Unlike Chrome or Firefox, which allow plugin installation via chromeOptions or firefoxOptions, Safari extensions require a different approach. Read on to learn how to configure Safari plugins for Selenium sessions on macOS.

Supported Environment

The following table highlights the supported environment values to successfully emulate Safari plugins on BrowserStack Automate:

BrowserStack Automate supports the upload of Safari extensions through the existing upload media functionality. The following steps outline the process:

Step 1: Prepare the Extension File

Create a .zip file that contains the Safari extension in the .app directory format.

Step 2: Upload the Extension

To upload the Safari extension, use the following cURL command:

Step 3: Handle response

After you successfully upload, the API returns a response with the media_url, as shown in the example.

"media_url":"media://f7c874f21852ba57957a3fdc33f47514288c4ba4"

Update this media_url obtained in Step 2 in your script, as shown below

If the upload fails, an error message specifies the issue with the uploaded file.