node-simctl: A JavaScript repository from steve-gray

node-simctl

ES6/7 Node wrapper around Facebooks fbsimctl library for managing iOS simulators.

Ensure you have the fbsimctl command installed with:

    # Get the Facebook Tap.
    brew tap facebook/fb
    # Install fbsimctl from master
    brew install fbsimctl --HEAD

Installation

Install through npm.

npm install node-simctl

Api

Exported methods:

installApp(udid, appPath)

udid - the unique identifier of the simulator to which to install the application
appPath - the path to the application to be installed

removeApp(udid, bundleId)

udid - the unique identifier of the simulator from which to remove the application
bundleId - the bundle identifier of the application (e.g., com.corp.app)

launch(udid, bundleId)

udid - the unique identifier of the simulator on which to launch the app
bundleId - the bundle identifier of the application (e.g., com.corp.app)

openUrl(udid, url)

udid - the unique identifier of the simulator on which to open the url (in safari)
url- the url to navigate to

shutdown(udid)

udid - the unique identifier of the simulator to be stopped

createDevice(name, deviceType, runtime)

name - any name you choose for this simulator
deviceType - e.g., "iPhone 6" or "iPad Air", see more possibilities from the output of getDevices
runtime - iOS sdk version. eg "8.3"

returns: udid of the created simulator.

deleteDevice(udid)

udid - the unique identifier of the simulator to be deleted

eraseDevice(udid)

udid - the unique identifier of the simulator to be erased

getDevices()

output looks like:

{
  '7.1': [
   { name: 'iPhone 4s',
     udid: 'C09B34E5-7DCB-442E-B79C-AB6BC0357417',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 5',
     udid: 'B236B73C-8EFA-4284-AC1F-2A45F3286E4C',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 5s',
     udid: '8E248C90-0F79-46AD-9CAA-8DF3B6E3FBA6',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad 2',
     udid: 'B4179FA5-B9C4-4F79-BDDF-314ED66B889C',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad Retina',
     udid: '707AC76E-319C-4215-BAF7-5D6D3B3BA4D2',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad Air',
     udid: 'FA5C971D-4E05-4AA3-B48B-C9619C7453BE',
     state: 'Shutdown' } ],
  '8.1': [
   { name: 'iPhone 4s',
     udid: '0829568F-7479-4ADE-9E51-B208DC99C107',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 5',
     udid: 'B5048708-566E-45D5-9885-C878EF7D6D13',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 5s',
     udid: '2F7678F2-FD52-497F-9383-41D3BB401FBD',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 6 Plus',
     udid: '013D6994-B4E6-4548-AD77-C0D7C6C6D245',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 6',
     udid: '1CA836DA-2A2D-428A-846D-C378E0C39B09',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad 2',
     udid: '47D8FF29-4E76-4E7B-A412-FCE9C3B8A9AC',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad Retina',
     udid: '82071785-2C47-4AF2-BD27-1FAF2B12DF32',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad Air',
     udid: '342872EB-7559-4D42-B601-0FCF816B2E78',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'Resizable iPhone',
     udid: 'E46EFA59-E2B4-4FF9-B290-B61F3CFECC65',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'Resizable iPad',
     udid: '6DAB91C9-CCD1-4C17-9124-D765E2F0567A',
     state: 'Shutdown' } ],
  '8.3': [
   { name: 'iPhone 4s',
     udid: '3D1A8D2A-615A-4C1E-A73C-91E92D6637FF',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 5',
     udid: '813AAB6A-32C8-4859-A5CF-F3355C244F54',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 5s',
     udid: '9D3A405E-65D6-4743-85DA-E644DA9A8373',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 6 Plus',
     udid: 'D94E4CD7-D412-4198-BCD4-26799672975E',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPhone 6',
     udid: '26EAADAE-1CD5-42F9-9A4C-50554CDF0910',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad 2',
     udid: 'C8E68217-82E6-42A8-8326-9824CA2E7C7C',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad Retina',
     udid: '8F4A3349-3ABF-4597-953A-285C5C0FFD00',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'iPad Air',
     udid: '7DEA409E-159A-4730-B1C6-7C18279F72B8',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'Resizable iPhone',
     udid: 'F33783B2-9EE9-4A99-866E-E126ADBAD410',
     state: 'Shutdown' },
   { name: 'Resizable iPad',
     udid: 'DFBC2970-9455-4FD9-BB62-9E4AE5AA6954',
     state: 'Shutdown' } ]
}

spawn(udid, executablePath, env)

spawns a process on the simulator specified by udid with given environment variable in env

spawnSubProcess(udid, executablePath, env)

spawns a process on the simulator specified by udid with given environment variable in env
returns a (SubProcess)[https://github.com/appium/node-teen_process#teen_processsubprocess] object.

Usage

See specs for examples of usage.

steve-gray/node-simctl

node-simctl

Installation

Api

Usage