BrowserStack Screenshots

A ruby gem for BrowserStack's Screenshot API.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'browserstack-screenshot'

And then execute:

bundle

Or install it yourself as:

gem install browserstack-screenshot

First, you need to require the screenshot gem:

require 'screenshot'

Creates a new client instance.

• settings: A hash of settings that apply to all requests for the new client.
  • :username: The username for the BrowserStack account.
  • :password: The password for the BrowserStack account.

settings = {:username => "foo", :password => "foobar"}
client = Screenshot::Client.new(settings)

###API

####Getting available os and browsers Fetches all available browsers. API info

client.get_os_and_browsers 	#returns a hash

####Generating Screenshots Frame the config object according to the format given. Format info

Eg settings object:

params = {
	:url => "www.google.com",
	:callback_url => "http://example.com/pingback_url",
	:win_res => "1024x768",		#Options : "1024x768", "1280x1024"
	:mac_res => "1920x1080", 	#Options : "1024x768", "1280x960", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", "1920x1080"
	:quality => "compressed",	#Options : "compressed", "original"
	:wait_time => 5,          	#Options: 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 60
	:orientation => "portrait", #Options: "portrait", "landscape"
	:tunnel => false,
	:browsers => [
			{:os=>"Windows",:os_version=>"7",:browser=>"ie",:browser_version=>"8.0"},
			{:os=>"Windows",:os_version=>"XP",:browser=>"ie",:browser_version=>"7.0"}
	]
}

callback_url, win_res, mac_res, quality, wait_time, orientation and tunnel being optional parameters.

#####For testing Local/Internal Server setup

• First setup local tunnel using the command line method as mentioned here
• Pass :tunnel => true in the params object

A request id is returned when a valid request is made.

request_id = client.generate_screenshots params

####Checking/Polling the status of the request Use this method to check if the requested screenshots are complete.

client.screenshots_done? request_id	#returns `true` or `false`

Or you can fetch the request state

client.screenshots_status request_id	#returns `queue` or `processing` or `done`

####Fetching the response of the requested screenshots

client.screenshots request_id

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request