Issues running BrowserStackLocal for website behind firewall - mocha.js

Question

I'm trying to run browserstack behind the firewall.
I tried to run this command on terminal:
RK$ ./BrowserStackLocal --key <key> --force-local
BrowserStackLocal v7.0
You can now access your local server(s) in our remote browser.
Press Ctrl-C to exit
I opened another terminal and I ran the command
npm run test:functional:cr:mobile
I get the following error:
1) Run sample test flow page:
Uncaught WebDriverError: [browserstack.local] is set to true but local testing through BrowserStack is not connected.
This is my config.js
'use strict'
import webdriver from 'selenium-webdriver'
let driver
module.exports = {
getDriverConfiguration: function (testTitle, browserName) {
var capabilities = {
'browserName': process.env.BROWSER || 'Chrome',
'realMobile': 'true',
'os': 'android',
'deviceName': process.env.DEVICE || 'Samsung Galaxy S8',
'browserstack.user': 'USER',
'browserstack.key': 'KEY',
'browserstack.debug': 'true',
'build': 'Build for mobile testing',
'browserstack.local' : 'true',
'browserstack.localIdentifier' : 'Test123'
}
driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities(capabilities).usingServer('http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub').build()
driver.manage().deleteAllCookies()
return driver
}
}
I enabled browserstack.local to true but I still get this error.
Not sure where I'm going wrong.
Please kindly help.

Answer 1

The error [browserstack.local] is set to true but local testing through BrowserStack is not connected. is returned if your BrowserStackLocal connection (the one you established using ./BrowserStackLocal --key --force-local) is disconnected.
I would suggest you use the following approach instead, to avoid the additional step and easily manage your local testing connection:
npm install browserstack-local
Once you have installed the browserstack-local module, use the following code snippet as reference to modify your code and start browserstack-local from your code itself(before the line driver = new webdriver.Builder().withCapabilities(capabilities).usingServer('http://hub-cloud.browserstack.com/wd/hub').build()), instead of starting it from a separate terminal window:
var browserstack = require('browserstack-local');
//creates an instance of Local
var bs_local = new browserstack.Local();
// replace <browserstack-accesskey> with your key. You can also set an environment variable - "BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY".
var bs_local_args = { 'key': '<browserstack-accesskey>', 'forceLocal': 'true' };
// starts the Local instance with the required arguments
bs_local.start(bs_local_args, function() {
console.log("Started BrowserStackLocal");
});
// check if BrowserStack local instance is running
console.log(bs_local.isRunning());
// stop the Local instance
bs_local.stop(function() {
console.log("Stopped BrowserStackLocal");
});