Does this plugin enable Internet Explorer testing?

[lrobeson]

I'm not clear how exactly to use this plugin, but it sounds like it may enable IE testing since Browserstack has numerous IE options. Any basic config/use cases you could share?

[Saulis]

Hi there!

You're on the right tracks, gemini-browserstack is meant for running tests using BrowserStack services. It basically handles two jobs: it fires up browser sessions in BS and opens up a tunnel so that they can access web servers on your local network.

From the top of my head, a minimal configuration could look something like this:

rootUrl = 'http://localhost:8080/website-under-test'
gridUrl = 'http://any.url/will-be-replaced/by-plugin'

system:
  plugins:
    browserstack:
      username: 'foo'
      accessKey: 'bar'

browsers:
  ie11:
    desiredCapabilities:
      os: 'WINDOWS'
      os_version: '7'
      browserName: 'internet explorer'
      version: '11'

The available desiredCapabilities can be seen in the BrowserStack Docs

Disclaimer: as far as I know, the current version of gemini-browserstack doesn't work with the gemini v1.0.0 or later - it needs a small patch similar to Saulis/gemini-sauce#6

If you happen to have an account to http://www.saucelabs.com you can also check out the plugin for that at http://github.com/Saulis/gemini-sauce which already supports the latest gemini

[Saulis]

Follow up: I just released new version 1.0.0 of gemini-browserstack which works with gemini v1.0.0 and later.

[timomayer]

long time no update. does that still work with latest gemini version?

[jasmeetsinghbhatia]

long time no update. does that still work with latest gemini version?

I am using the last updated version for Gemini-browserstack and it works as expected.

[renestalder]

Can confirm. Works like a charm with Internet Explorer.