Appium Grid Plugin ·

A plugin for registering Appium as a node in Selenium Grid 4.

Installation

appium plugin install --source npm @dlenroc/appium-grid-plugin

Parameters

Parameter	Default	Description
--plugin-grid-external-url	http://127.0.0.1:4723	Node external URL
--plugin-grid-publish-events	tcp://127.0.0.1:4443	Grid ZeroMQ PUB socket
--plugin-grid-stereotype	{}	Node stereotype(s)
--plugin-grid-heartbeat-period	60000	Heartbeat period (ms)
--plugin-grid-session-timeout	300000	Session timeout (ms)

Usage

Start the Selenium Grid Hub

selenium-server hub \
  --port 4444 \
  --host 127.0.0.1 \
  --publish-events 'tcp://127.0.0.1:4442' \
  --subscribe-events 'tcp://127.0.0.1:4443'

Start as many Appium nodes as needed

npx appium \
  --use-plugins grid \
  --plugin-grid-external-url 'http://127.0.0.1:4723' \
  --plugin-grid-publish-events 'tcp://127.0.0.1:4443' \
  --plugin-grid-stereotype '{ "platformName": "roku" }' \
  --default-capabilities '{
    "appium:automationName": "roku",
    "appium:ip": "<device-ip>",
    "appium:password": "<devmode-password>"
  }'