Error while trying to upload apk file to Browserstack cloud, using Axios / node-fetch

Question

I am trying to upload .apk / .ipa file to browserstack cloud programmatically (instead of running the curl command)

Option 1: Node-fetch api

const myfetch = require('node-fetch');

const buildToPost = {
   file: '</my path>'
};

const options = {
   method: 'POST',
   body: JSON.stringify(buildToPost)
};

myfetch('https://</myusername>:</mykey>@api.browserstack.com/app-automate/upload', options)
   .then(res => res.json())
   .then(res => console.log(res))
   .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));

But its giving following error:

{ error: 'Invalid format. Refer to REST API document for valid API format - https://www.browserstack.com/app-automate/rest-api' }

Option 2: Axios API

    const axios = require('axios');

axios.post('https://</myusername>:</mykey>@api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/upload', {
      File: '</my path>'
   })
   .then
   ((response) => {
      console.log(response);
   }).catch((error) => {
      console.log((error));
})

Error: data:

{ error: 'Invalid format. Refer to REST API document for valid API format - https://www.browserstack.com/app-automate/rest-api' } } }

Curl command reference:

curl -u "</myusername>:</mykey>" -X POST https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/upload -F "file=@/path/to/app/file/Application-debug.apk" -F 'data={"custom_id": "MyApp"}'

Browserstack sample link

Note: File to be uploaded is present on local disk/folder – user2451016 Feb 19 '19 at 14:08 — user2451016, Feb 19 '19 at 14:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '19 at 18:35

Here's how to do it with axios. The important points are:

Authentication (using the user option)
Use of the FormData module to submit multipart data
Setting the maxContentLength option high enough to allow your file to be uploaded.

Code below.

import axios from 'axios';
import fs from 'fs';
import FormData from 'form-data';

const formData = new FormData();

// Open file stream
const newFile = fs.createReadStream(binaryPath);

// Add form field params
formData.append('file', newFile, 'my_filename.apk');
formData.append('custom_id', 'npm_uploaded_apk');

axios({
  url: 'https://api-cloud.browserstack.com/app-automate/upload',
  method: 'post',
  headers: formData.getHeaders(),
  auth: {
    username:'my_browserstack_username',
    password: 'my_browserstack_access_key',
  },
  data: formData,
  maxContentLength: 1073741824,
})
  .then(response => {
    // The object with the 'app_url' parameter is in the 'data' field of the response.
    console.log('POST successful: ', response.data);
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.log('POST error: ', error);
  });

More background on this in this GitHub thread.

Error while trying to upload apk file to Browserstack cloud, using Axios / node-fetch

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