global-setup.js

// global-setup.js
const { bsLocal, BS_LOCAL_ARGS, url } = require('./browserstack.config');
const { promisify } = require('util');
const sleep = promisify(setTimeout);
const redColour = '\x1b[31m';
const whiteColour = '\x1b[0m';

module.exports = async () => {
  console.log('Starting test run...');
  // Starts the Local instance with the required arguments
  let localResponseReceived = false;
  bsLocal.start(BS_LOCAL_ARGS, (err) => {
    // if (err) {
    //   console.error(
    //     `${redColour}Error starting BrowserStackLocal${whiteColour}`
    //   );
    // } else {
    //   console.log('BrowserStackLocal Started');
    // }
    localResponseReceived = true;
  });
  while (!localResponseReceived) {
    await sleep(1800);
  }
};