Test Observability on Nightwatch.js

Install or update to the latest version of the Nightwatch BrowserStack plugin

Go to your Nightwatch.js project’s root directory and run the following commands to update or install @nightwatch/browserstack and later check the installed version using the following commands:

npm install @nightwatch/browserstack
npm list @nightwatch/browserstack

Please ensure to have @nightwatch/browserstack plugin v3.2.1 or higher and nightwatch v2.6.22 (for v2.x) or v3.2.0 (for v3.x) or higher before proceeding.

Set up the config file

Your nightwatch.conf.js should include the following keys as shown below:

  module.exports = {
    //...
plugins: ['@nightwatch/browserstack'],

'@nightwatch/browserstack': {
    test_observability: {
    enabled: true,
    user: 'YOUR_USERNAME' || process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME,
    key: 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY' || process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY,
    projectName: "Enter Static Project Name Here",
    buildName: "Enter Static Project Name Here",
    buildTag: ["Custom Tag 1","Custom Tag 2"]
    }
   
  },

    //...
  };

Run your suite with BrowserStack Test Observability

Use your existing command that you use to trigger a run and data will automatically start getting sent to BrowserStack Test Observability.

Post build run completion, you will see the build URL of Test Observability. Alternatively, you can also navigate to your build run using Build Runs.

Visit Test Observability