Ghost Inspector

POST Parameters

List with common parameters for all Buddy actions

Name	Type	Description
name `Required`	String	The name of the action.
type `Required`	String	The type of the action. Should be set to `GHOST_INSPECTOR`.
integration `Required`	Integration	The integration.
user	String	The name to associate with the event.
password	String	The password to associate with the event.
immediate	Boolean	Use to initiate the execution, then immediate return a response (without results).
disable_notifications	Boolean	Use to disable all notifications for this execution only.
region	String	Geo-location for test execution. The following options are available: `us-east-1`, `us-west-1`, `ca-central-1`, `eu-central-1`, `eu-west-1`, `eu-west-2`, `eu-west-3`, `eu-north-1`, `ap-northeast-1`, `ap-northeast-2`, `ap-southeast-1`, `ap-southeast-2`, `ap-south-1`, `sa-east-1`.
browser	String	Alternate browser to use for this execution. The following options are available: `firefox` (default), `firefox-<version>` specific version of Firefox, for example `firefox-57`, `chrome` (paid plans only), `phantomjs`.
suite_id	String	The ID of the suite to execute.
folder_id	String	The ID of the folder to execute.
channel	String	Specify the Slack channel to notify for this suite run. Note that the value must be `myChannel` or `%23myChannel` and not `#myChannel`.
viewport	String	Alternate screen size to use for all tests in this execution only. This should be a string formatted as `{width}x{height}`, for example `1024x768`.
data_file	String	A CSV file containing a row of variable values for each suite run. A POST request must be used when sending this file. When included, an array of suite results will be returned instead of an array of test result.
start_url	String	Alternate start URL to use for all tests in this execution only.
user_agent	String	Alternate user agent to use for all tests in this execution only.

Example

Request

POST https://api.buddy.works/workspaces/buddy/projects/company-website/pipelines/1/actions

JSON

{
  "name": "Ghost Inspector Action",
  "type": "GHOST_INSPECTOR",
  "trigger_time": "ON_EVERY_EXECUTION",
  "variables": [
   {
      "key": "filePath",
      "value": "variable.csv"
   }
  ],
  "user": "username",
  "password": "ha16@sdharj21529aA==",
  "immediate": false,
  "disable_notifications": false,
  "region": "us-east-1",
  "browser": "opera",
  "suite_id": "5c9ca42171f823532163ef760",
  "suite_name": "buddy-tests",
  "folder_id": "5cd019551a5fads555105142",
  "channel": "slack_channel_name",
  "viewport": "5c9ca42171f8231b363ef760",
  "data_file": "$filePath",
  "start_url": "https://app.buddy.works/nickname",
  "user_agent": "usernameghost",
  "integration": {
    "hash_id": "5ddb7c180fb38be67bd78a88a"
  }
}

Sample Response

HTTP

Status: 201 Created
X-Rate-Limit-Limit: 1
X-Rate-Limit-Remaining: 999

JSON

{
  "url": "https://api.buddy.works/workspaces/buddy/projects/company-website/pipelines/1/actions/1",
  "html_url": "https://app.buddy.works/buddy/company-website/pipelines/pipeline/1/action/1/edit",
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Ghost Inspector Action",
  "type": "GHOST_INSPECTOR",
  "trigger_time": "ON_EVERY_EXECUTION",
  "variables": [
   {
      "key": "filePath",
      "value": "variable.csv"
   }
  ],
  "user": "username",
  "password": "secure!eJ03wJFPIF+VUuGhrawiUWA==",
  "immediate": false,
  "disable_notifications": false,
  "region": "us-east-1",
  "browser": "opera",
  "suite_id": "5c9ca42171f823532163ef760",
  "suite_name": "buddy-tests",
  "folder_id": "5cd019551a5fads555105142",
  "channel": "slack_channel_name",
  "viewport": "5c9ca42171f8231b363ef760",
  "data_file": "$filePath",
  "start_url": "https://app.buddy.works/nickname",
  "user_agent": "usernameghost",
  "integration": {
    "url": "https://api.buddy.works/workspaces/buddy/user/integrations/1",
    "html_url": "https://app.buddy.works/integrations",
    "hash_id": "5ddb7c180fb38be67bd78a88a"
  },
  "pipeline": {
    "url": "https://api.buddy.works/workspaces/buddy/projects/company-website/pipelines/1",
    "html_url": "https://app.buddy.works/buddy/company-website/pipelines/pipeline/1",
    "id": 1,
    "name": "test server",
    "on": "CLICK",
    "refs": [
      "refs/heads/master"
    ],
    "last_execution_status": "SUCCESSFUL",
    "last_execution_revision": "506a3963507943d6908154f4bc9646e829128a08"
  }
}

Last modified on February 15, 2023

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