[WV-2133] Add automated Google Drive APK/IPA downloader for BrowserStack testing by tarunramireddy · Pull Request #4718 · wevote/WebApp

tarunramireddy · 2026-03-03T23:01:28Z

Summary

Automates downloading the latest APK and IPA files from a shared Google Drive folder, eliminating manual downloads and simplifying the app deployment process for BrowserStack testing.

Changes

Added Google Drive downloader utility
- New: tests/browserstack_automation/utils/downloadAppsFromDriveApi.js
- Downloads the latest .apk and .ipa from a configured Google Drive folder
- Stores files in tests/browserstack_automation/apps/ for testing
Configuration templates
- New: tests/browserstack_automation/config/googleDrive.config.template.js
- New: tests/browserstack_automation/config/googleDriveServiceAccountKey.template.json
- Allows users to configure their Drive folder and service account credentials
NPM script
- Added: npm run drive:download – Downloads latest APK/IPA from Drive

How to Use

Set up Google Drive config from templates
Run npm run drive:download to fetch latest APK/IPA
Apps are ready in tests/browserstack_automation/apps/ folder

- Created updateConfigUrls.js to upload apps and update config files automatically - Uploads latest .apk and .ipa files from apps folder to BrowserStack - Updates browserstack.config.js with new bs:// URLs - Updates cordova_mobile_devices.json capability file with new app URLs - Creates timestamped backups before making changes - Added npm script: browserstack:upload-and-update - Updated .gitignore to exclude backup files

- Remove .js extension from import statement - Add eslint-disable comments for intentional param reassignment - Auto-fix code formatting and spacing issues

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Pull request overview

Adds a CLI utility to upload mobile apps to BrowserStack and automatically update local BrowserStack config/capability URLs used by the WebdriverIO automation suite.

Changes:

Introduces updateConfigUrls.js to upload APK/IPA and update browserstack.config.js + Cordova capabilities.
Updates Cordova device capabilities with new bs:// app URLs and normalized JSON formatting.
Adds an npm script to run the new utility and gitignore rules for generated backup files.

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File	Description
`tests/browserstack_automation/utils/updateConfigUrls.js`	New upload + config/capabilities update utility with backup creation.
`tests/browserstack_automation/capabilities/cordova_mobile_devices.json`	Refreshes BrowserStack app URLs and formatting for Cordova runs.
`package.json`	Adds `browserstack:upload-and-update` script entrypoint.
`.gitignore`	Ignores generated `.backup.*` artifacts created by the utility.

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Copilot · 2026-03-03T23:05:26Z

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/updateConfigUrls.js

+    if (apkUrl) {
+      configContent = configContent.replace(
+        /("BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL":\s*")[^"]*(")/,
+        `$1${apkUrl}$2`,
+      );
+      console.log(`Updated APK URL: ${apkUrl}`);
+    }
+
+    if (ipaUrl) {
+      configContent = configContent.replace(
+        /("BROWSERSTACK_IPA_URL":\s*")[^"]*(")/,


updateConfigFile replaces URLs using regexes that expect JSON-style keys (e.g. "BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL": "..."). In this repo, the BrowserStack config template uses JS object syntax with unquoted keys and single quotes (see tests/browserstack_automation/config/browserstack.config.template.js), so these replacements will no-op and the config won’t actually be updated. Update the matching logic to handle the actual browserstack.config.js format (e.g., match BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL: / BROWSERSTACK_IPA_URL: with either quote style), and consider failing fast if no match is found so the script doesn’t report success when nothing changed.

Suggested change

if (apkUrl) {

configContent = configContent.replace(

/("BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL":\s*")[^"]*(")/,

`$1${apkUrl}$2`,

);

console.log(`Updated APK URL: ${apkUrl}`);

}

if (ipaUrl) {

configContent = configContent.replace(

/("BROWSERSTACK_IPA_URL":\s*")[^"]*(")/,

const apkRegex = /(["']?BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL["']?\s*:\s*['"])[^'"]*(['"])/;

const ipaRegex = /(["']?BROWSERSTACK_IPA_URL["']?\s*:\s*['"])[^'"]*(['"])/;

if (apkUrl) {

if (!apkRegex.test(configContent)) {

throw new Error(`BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL not found in ${CONFIG_FILE_PATH}`);

}

configContent = configContent.replace(

apkRegex,

`$1${apkUrl}$2`,

);

console.log(`Updated APK URL: ${apkUrl}`);

}

if (ipaUrl) {

if (!ipaRegex.test(configContent)) {

throw new Error(`BROWSERSTACK_IPA_URL not found in ${CONFIG_FILE_PATH}`);

}

configContent = configContent.replace(

ipaRegex,

Copilot · 2026-03-03T23:05:27Z

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/updateConfigUrls.js

+
+function updateConfigFile (apkUrl, ipaUrl) {
+  console.log('Updating browserstack.config.js...');
+


updateConfigFile reads ../config/browserstack.config.js unconditionally. That file is gitignored and isn’t present in the repo (only browserstack.config.template.js exists), so this script will throw for a fresh checkout. Add an existence check and a clear message instructing the user to create/copy browserstack.config.js from the template before running the upload/update utility.

Suggested change

if (!fs.existsSync(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)) {

const message = [

'browserstack.config.js not found.',

'This file is gitignored and is not created automatically.',

'Please create it by copying the template before running this script:',

' tests/browserstack_automation/config/browserstack.config.template.js',

'to:',

' tests/browserstack_automation/config/browserstack.config.js',

].join('\n');

console.error(message);

throw new Error(message);

}

Copilot · 2026-03-03T23:05:27Z

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/updateConfigUrls.js

+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+import { uploadAppsToBrowserStack } from './uploadAndConfigureApps';


This file is invoked via node .../updateConfigUrls.js, but it imports ./uploadAndConfigureApps without an extension. The other BrowserStack node scripts in this repo use explicit .js extensions for ESM imports (e.g. buildMobileCapabilities.js), and Node’s ESM resolver will fail on extensionless relative imports unless an experimental flag is used. Change the import to ./uploadAndConfigureApps.js to avoid a runtime ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND when running the npm script.

Suggested change

import { uploadAppsToBrowserStack } from './uploadAndConfigureApps';

import { uploadAppsToBrowserStack } from './uploadAndConfigureApps.js';

Copilot · 2026-03-03T23:05:27Z

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/updateConfigUrls.js

+  }
+}
+
+if (import.meta.url === `file://${process.argv[1]}`) {


The “run as main” check import.meta.url === file://${process.argv[1]}is brittle (path escaping, relative vs absolute paths, Windows backslashes) and can prevent the script from running when executed vianode .... Prefer comparing fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)toprocess.argv[1](normalized), or usepathToFileURL(process.argv[1]).href` on the argv path.

Suggested change

if (import.meta.url === `file://${process.argv[1]}`) {

if (__filename === path.resolve(process.argv[1])) {

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Copilot · 2026-03-04T01:43:28Z

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/updateConfigUrls.js

+    if (apkUrl) {
+      configContent = configContent.replace(
+        /("BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL":\s*")[^"]*(")/,
+        `$1${apkUrl}$2`,
+      );
+      console.log(`Updated APK URL: ${apkUrl}`);
+    }
+
+    if (ipaUrl) {
+      configContent = configContent.replace(
+        /("BROWSERSTACK_IPA_URL":\s*")[^"]*(")/,
+        `$1${ipaUrl}$2`,
+      );
+      console.log(`Updated IPA URL: ${ipaUrl}`);


The regex replacements in updateConfigFile assume a JSON-style config with quoted keys/values (e.g. "BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL": "..."). However browserstack.config.template.js uses a JS object with unquoted keys (BROWSERSTACK_APK_URL: ''), so these replaces will not match and the URL won’t actually be updated (while still logging that it was). Update the pattern to match the actual JS syntax and verify a replacement occurred (e.g., detect no-match and throw or warn).

Copilot · 2026-03-04T01:43:28Z

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/downloadAppsFromDriveApi.js

+  const apkCandidates = files.filter((f) => f.name.toLowerCase().endsWith('.apk'));
+  const ipaCandidates = files.filter((f) => f.name.toLowerCase().endsWith('.ipa'));
+
+  console.log('\nFiles in folder:');
+  files.forEach((f) => {
+    const sizeMB = f.size ? (Number(f.size) / (1024 * 1024)).toFixed(2) : '0.00';
+    console.log(`- ${f.name} (${sizeMB} MB)`);
+  });
+
+  if (!apkCandidates.length && !ipaCandidates.length) {
+    throw new Error('No .apk or .ipa files found in the specified folder');
+  }
+
+  const result = {};
+
+  if (apkCandidates.length) {
+    const apkFile = apkCandidates[0];
+    console.log(`\nDownloading APK: ${apkFile.name}`);
+    result.apkPath = await downloadDriveFile(drive, apkFile, appsDir);
+  }
+
+  if (ipaCandidates.length) {
+    const ipaFile = ipaCandidates[0];
+    console.log(`\nDownloading IPA: ${ipaFile.name}`);
+    result.ipaPath = await downloadDriveFile(drive, ipaFile, appsDir);
+  }


The code claims to download the "latest" APK/IPA from Drive, but it currently picks the first .apk/.ipa returned by the Drive API (apkCandidates[0], ipaCandidates[0]). Drive list order is not guaranteed, so this can download an older build. Sort candidates by modifiedTime (already fetched) and pick the newest to match the intended behavior and docs.

Copilot · 2026-03-04T01:43:29Z

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/downloadAppsFromDriveApi.js

+    const res = await drive.files.list(
+      {
+        q: `'${folderId}' in parents and trashed = false`,
+        fields: 'files(id, name, mimeType, size, modifiedTime)',
+        pageSize,
+      },
+      {
+        timeout: timeoutMs,
+      },
+    );
+
+    const elapsedMs = Date.now() - start;
+    console.log(`Listed files in ${(elapsedMs / 1000).toFixed(1)}s`);
+
+    return res.data.files || [];


listFolderFiles only fetches a single page of results and ignores nextPageToken. If the folder contains more than LIST_PAGE_SIZE items, the .apk/.ipa may be on a later page and won’t be found. Consider looping until nextPageToken is empty (or explicitly document/guard that the folder must stay under the page size).

Suggested change

const res = await drive.files.list(

{

q: `'${folderId}' in parents and trashed = false`,

fields: 'files(id, name, mimeType, size, modifiedTime)',

pageSize,

},

{

timeout: timeoutMs,

},

);

const elapsedMs = Date.now() - start;

console.log(`Listed files in ${(elapsedMs / 1000).toFixed(1)}s`);

return res.data.files || [];

const allFiles = [];

let pageToken;

do {

const res = await drive.files.list(

{

q: `'${folderId}' in parents and trashed = false`,

fields: 'nextPageToken, files(id, name, mimeType, size, modifiedTime)',

pageSize,

pageToken,

},

{

timeout: timeoutMs,

},

);

if (Array.isArray(res.data.files)) {

allFiles.push(...res.data.files);

}

pageToken = res.data.nextPageToken;

} while (pageToken);

const elapsedMs = Date.now() - start;

console.log(`Listed files in ${(elapsedMs / 1000).toFixed(1)}s`);

return allFiles;

tests/browserstack_automation/utils/downloadAppsFromDriveApi.js

docs/testing/README_TESTING.md

- Delete updateConfigUrls.js as URL updates are now handled in wdio.config.js onPrepare hook - Remove npm scripts: browserstack:upload-and-update and browserstack:sync-apps - Simplify workflow: npm run drive:download then npm run wdio-cordova - App upload to BrowserStack and URL injection now happen automatically at test runtime - Update documentation to reflect simplified automated workflow

tarunramireddy · 2026-03-11T03:07:18Z

Migration from the service account strategy to OAuth is required because the service account does not support uploading files to Google Drive. Hence, closing this pull request.

tarunramireddy added 2 commits March 3, 2026 17:57

Fix eslint issues in BrowserStack automation utility

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- Remove .js extension from import statement - Add eslint-disable comments for intentional param reassignment - Auto-fix code formatting and spacing issues

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		function updateConfigFile (apkUrl, ipaUrl) {
		console.log('Updating browserstack.config.js...');

+  if (!fs.existsSync(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)) {
+    const message = [
+      'browserstack.config.js not found.',
+      'This file is gitignored and is not created automatically.',
+      'Please create it by copying the template before running this script:',
+      '  tests/browserstack_automation/config/browserstack.config.template.js',
+      'to:',
+      '  tests/browserstack_automation/config/browserstack.config.js',
+    ].join('\n');
+    console.error(message);
+    throw new Error(message);
+  }

	import { uploadAppsToBrowserStack } from './uploadAndConfigureApps';
	import { uploadAppsToBrowserStack } from './uploadAndConfigureApps.js';

	if (import.meta.url === `file://${process.argv[1]}`) {
	if (__filename === path.resolve(process.argv[1])) {

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