While performing app automation testing with Appium on LambdaTest Grid, you might face a scenario where the APP ID generated by you is lost/confusing since it looks something like this - lt://APP12430338390303038292. You can easily change this to something readable like this - Proverbial Android v1.56. Let's quickly learn how to achieve this.

Make sure you have your LambdaTest credentials with you to run test automation scripts on LambdaTest. To obtain your access credentials, purchase a plan or access the Automation Dashboard.

Set LambdaTest Username and Access Key in environment variables.

export LT_USERNAME="YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME" \ export LT_ACCESS_KEY="YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY"

set LT_USERNAME="YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME" ` set LT_ACCESS_KEY="YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY"

Upload your iOS application (.ipa file) or android application (.apk file) to the LambdaTest servers using our REST API. You need to provide your Username and AccessKey in the format Username:AccessKey in the cURL command for authentication. Make sure to add the path of the appFile in the cURL request. Here is an example cURL request to upload your app using our REST API:

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \ --location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \ --form 'name="Android_App"' \ --form 'appFile=@"/Users/macuser/Downloads/proverbial_android.apk"' \ --form 'custom_id="ENTER_CUSTOM_ID_HERE"'

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" -X POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -F "appFile=@"C:\Users\varunkumarb\Downloads\proverbial_android.apk"" -F "custom_id=ENTER_CUSTOM_ID_HERE"

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \ --location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \ --form 'name="Android_App"' \ --form 'url="https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk"' \ --form 'custom_id="ENTER_CUSTOM_ID_HERE"'

curl --location --request POST "https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice" -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" --header "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" --data-urlencode "url=https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk" --data-urlencode "name=teest" --data-urlencode "custom_id=ENTER_CUSTOM_ID_HERE"

curl -u "YOUR_LAMBDATEST_USERNAME:YOUR_LAMBDATEST_ACCESS_KEY" \ --location --request POST 'https://manual-api.lambdatest.com/app/upload/realDevice' \ --form 'name="Android_App"' \ --form 'url="https://prod-mobile-artefacts.lambdatest.com/assets/docs/proverbial_android.apk"' \ --form 'custom_id="Proverbial Android v1.56"'

If you do not have any .apk or .ipa file, you can run your sample tests on LambdaTest by using our sample

Android app or sample

iOS app.

Response of above cURL will be a JSON object containing the App URL of the format - lt://APP123456789123456789 and will be used in the next step.

Alternatively you can also use the Custom ID that you defined in your own words.

Once you are done with the above-mentioned steps, you can initiate your first Python test on LambdaTest.

You can update your custom capabilities in test scripts. In this sample project, we are passing platform name, platform version, device name and app url (generated earlier) along with other capabilities like build name and test name via capabilities object. The capabilities object in the sample code are defined as:

Run the following command in the directory where your project has been saved to execute your build.

python3 ios.pypython3 android.py

Your test results would be displayed on the test console (or command-line interface if you are using terminal/cmd) and on the LambdaTest App Automation Dashboard.

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