CreateRemoteAccessSession - AWS Device Farm Documentation

CreateRemoteAccessSession

Specifies and starts a remote access session.

Request Syntax

{ "clientId": "string", "configuration": { "billingMethod": "string", "vpceConfigurationArns": [ "string" ] }, "deviceArn": "string", "instanceArn": "string", "interactionMode": "string", "name": "string", "projectArn": "string", "remoteDebugEnabled": boolean, "remoteRecordAppArn": "string", "remoteRecordEnabled": boolean, "skipAppResign": boolean, "sshPublicKey": "string" }

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

clientId

Unique identifier for the client. If you want access to multiple devices on the same client, you should pass the same clientId value in each call to CreateRemoteAccessSession. This identifier is required only if remoteDebugEnabled is set to true.

Remote debugging is no longer supported.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 64.

Required: No

configuration

The configuration information for the remote access session request.

Type: CreateRemoteAccessSessionConfiguration object

Required: No

deviceArn

The ARN of the device for which you want to create a remote access session.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 32. Maximum length of 1011.

Pattern: ^arn:.+

Required: Yes

instanceArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the device instance for which you want to create a remote access session.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 32. Maximum length of 1011.

Pattern: ^arn:.+

Required: No

interactionMode

The interaction mode of the remote access session. Valid values are:

  • INTERACTIVE: You can interact with the iOS device by viewing, touching, and rotating the screen. You cannot run XCUITest framework-based tests in this mode.

  • NO_VIDEO: You are connected to the device, but cannot interact with it or view the screen. This mode has the fastest test execution speed. You can run XCUITest framework-based tests in this mode.

  • VIDEO_ONLY: You can view the screen, but cannot touch or rotate it. You can run XCUITest framework-based tests and watch the screen in this mode.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 64.

Valid Values: INTERACTIVE | NO_VIDEO | VIDEO_ONLY

Required: No

name

The name of the remote access session to create.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.

Required: No

projectArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the project for which you want to create a remote access session.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 32. Maximum length of 1011.

Pattern: ^arn:.+

Required: Yes

remoteDebugEnabled

Set to true if you want to access devices remotely for debugging in your remote access session.

Remote debugging is no longer supported.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

remoteRecordAppArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the app to be recorded in the remote access session.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 32. Maximum length of 1011.

Pattern: ^arn:.+

Required: No

remoteRecordEnabled

Set to true to enable remote recording for the remote access session.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

skipAppResign

When set to true, for private devices, Device Farm does not sign your app again. For public devices, Device Farm always signs your apps again.

For more information on how Device Farm modifies your uploads during tests, see Do you modify my app?

Type: Boolean

Required: No

sshPublicKey

Ignored. The public key of the ssh key pair you want to use for connecting to remote devices in your remote debugging session. This key is required only if remoteDebugEnabled is set to true.

Remote debugging is no longer supported.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 8192.

Required: No

Response Syntax

{ "remoteAccessSession": { "arn": "string", "billingMethod": "string", "clientId": "string", "created": number, "device": { "arn": "string", "availability": "string", "carrier": "string", "cpu": { "architecture": "string", "clock": number, "frequency": "string" }, "fleetName": "string", "fleetType": "string", "formFactor": "string", "heapSize": number, "image": "string", "instances": [ { "arn": "string", "deviceArn": "string", "instanceProfile": { "arn": "string", "description": "string", "excludeAppPackagesFromCleanup": [ "string" ], "name": "string", "packageCleanup": boolean, "rebootAfterUse": boolean }, "labels": [ "string" ], "status": "string", "udid": "string" } ], "manufacturer": "string", "memory": number, "model": "string", "modelId": "string", "name": "string", "os": "string", "platform": "string", "radio": "string", "remoteAccessEnabled": boolean, "remoteDebugEnabled": boolean, "resolution": { "height": number, "width": number } }, "deviceMinutes": { "metered": number, "total": number, "unmetered": number }, "deviceUdid": "string", "endpoint": "string", "hostAddress": "string", "instanceArn": "string", "interactionMode": "string", "message": "string", "name": "string", "remoteDebugEnabled": boolean, "remoteRecordAppArn": "string", "remoteRecordEnabled": boolean, "result": "string", "skipAppResign": boolean, "started": number, "status": "string", "stopped": number, "vpcConfig": { "securityGroupIds": [ "string" ], "subnetIds": [ "string" ], "vpcId": "string" } } }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

remoteAccessSession

A container that describes the remote access session when the request to create a remote access session is sent.

Type: RemoteAccessSession object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

ArgumentException

An invalid argument was specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

LimitExceededException

A limit was exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NotFoundException

The specified entity was not found.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ServiceAccountException

There was a problem with the service account.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: