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 Constructing a video link to record all screenshots during automation in BrowserStack

Constructing a video link to record all screenshots during automation in BrowserStack

• The URL on BrowserStack which stores the video recording is as follows. (Learn more.)

  https://www.browserstack.com/automate/builds/<build-id>/sessions/<session-id>
  

• The REST API, provided by BrowserStack, to query build ID associated with your username and access key is as follows. (Learn more.)

  curl -u "<username>:<access-key>" https://www.browserstack.com/automate/builds.json
  

1. Assign your username and access key to local variables.

                        name	   value
   local variable	username      joedoe
   
   	              name	   value
   local variable	accesskey     yD5fLNLwqYeyt7eAD5q2
   

2. Apply the execute command action to query the builds associated with your username and access key.

   
   	               command	                                                                                       variable   timeout
   execute command	# "curl -u " & username & ":" & accesskey & " https://www.browserstack.com/automate/builds.json"     output     30
   

   The returned output will resemble as follows.

   
     % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                    Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
   
     0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
     0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
     0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--     0
   100   137  100   137    0     0     59      0  0:00:02  0:00:02 --:--:--    59
   [{"automation_build":{"name":"Untitled Build","duration":null,"status":"failed","hashed_id":"4985725de82332b74abcd1520449b364fab3b674"}}]
   

3. Apply string functions and the get json query result action to parse the returned output and retrieve the build ID, which is hashes_id in the output.

   	                 name	value	
   local variable	   startLoc   #instr(output, "{", 1)	
   
   	                 name	value	
   local variable	   json	#mid(output, startLoc, length(output)-startLoc-1)	
   
   	                 json	jsonpath	               variable
   get json query result   #json      automation_build.hashed_id    >>build_id
   

4. Retrieve the session ID of the target cloud device by using the connect cloud device action.

   		            url	                                                                           capabilities	                                                                                     name
   assign cloud device	# "https://" & username & ":" & accesskey & "@hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub"     {"name":"TestArchitect - test gmail","browserName": "iPhone","device": "iPhone 5S","platform": "MAC"}   cloud_device
   
   	                   name	     session id	
   connect cloud device      cloud_device    >>session_id	
   

5. Create a user-defined field to build a video link which captures entire automated tests in BrowserStack.

   For example, create a field Screenshot Recording. (Learn more.)

6. Use the assign result field action to assign the video link’s value to the Screenshot Recording field.

   This link is built based on the target device’s session ID and build ID.

   	                session id	
   use cloud device	#session_id	
   
   	               location	   window
   navigate	       www.google.com	
   
   	               field	             value
   assign result field   Screenshot Recording     #"https://www.browserstack.com/automate/builds/"& build_id &"/sessions/"& session_id
   

The test procedure should resemble the following.

In the test result, you will see a video link as follows.