Browserstack multiple browser does not run for protractor - cross-browser

Question

I am trying to run multiple browsers in parallel using browser stack but it does not seem possible with it. This is is my config file
exports.config = {
capabilities: {
'browserstack.user' : 'abc2',
'browserstack.key' : 'asdasdasdasdj',
// Needed for testing localhost
'browserstack.local' : 'false',
multiCapabilities: [
{
browserName: 'Safari',
browser_version: '8.0',
os: 'OS X',
os_version: 'Yosemite'
},
{
browserName: 'Firefox',
browser_version: '30.0',
os: 'Windows',
os_version: '7'
},
{
browserName: 'iPhone',
platform: 'MAC',
device: 'iPhone 5S'
}
]
},
When i run - npm run protractor, i get this error Target browser must be a string, but is ; did you forget to call forBrowser()?

Answer 1

You need to specify browserName capability under capabilities block. Below is a working sample
exports.config = {
'specs': [ '../specs/single.js' ],
'seleniumAddress': 'http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub',
'commonCapabilities': {
'browserstack.user': process.env.BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME || 'BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME',
'browserstack.key': process.env.BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY || 'BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY',
'build': 'protractor-browserstack',
'name': 'parallel_test',
'browserstack.debug': 'true',
'browserName': 'Chrome'
},
'multiCapabilities': [{
'browserName': 'Chrome'
},{
'browserName': 'Safari'
},{
'browserName': 'Firefox'
},{
'browserName': 'IE'
}]
};
// Code to support common capabilities
exports.config.multiCapabilities.forEach(function(caps){
for(var i in exports.config.commonCapabilities) caps[i] = caps[i] || exports.config.commonCapabilities[i];
});
The 'browserName': 'Chrome' capability will later be overriden by your multiCapabilities block.