Can't run browser tests with K6_BROWSER_ENABLED=true k6 run script.js

[MRadu11]

The term ‘K6_BROWSER_ENABLED=true’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

I receive the above error when i run in terminal “K6_BROWSER_ENABLED=true k6 run script.js”
I don’t know what I have to do with this error to can run the test.
I have to install some dependencies for browser tests maybe?

Here is the test:

import { chromium } from ‘k6/experimental/browser’;

export default async function () {
const browser = chromium.launch({
headless: false,
timeout: ‘60s’, // Or whatever time you want to define
});
const page = browser.newPage();

try {
await page.goto(‘https://test.k6.io/’, { waitUntil: ‘networkidle’ });
page.screenshot({ path: ‘screenshot.png’ });
} finally {
page.close();
browser.close();
}
}

[Daniel.J]

Hi @MRadu11 ! Welcome to the forum!

Which O.S. are you running k6 on? Which k6 version are you using?
Can you paste here the exact cmd you are executing?

Thanks.

[MRadu11]

My O.S is Windows 10, k6 is at version v0.43.1

[MRadu11]

[Daniel.J]

Hi @MRadu11 ,

In Windows O.S. you should set the environment variable such as:

C:\k6> set "K6_BROWSER_ENABLED=true" && k6 run script.js

[MRadu11]

Thank you, with this command “set “K6_BROWSER_ENABLED=true” && k6 run script.js”, I can run, but just in the command prompt.
i want to run in vs code terminal-powershell, must be possible that…

[Daniel.J]

That’s because the terminal in your VSCode is Windows PowerShell. In that case this should work:

PS C:\k6> $env:K6_BROWSER_ENABLED=true ; k6 run script.js

[MRadu11]

in this case, i receive the same error like first.

[Daniel.J]

Have you tried wrapping true in '' such as:

PS C:\k6> $env:K6_BROWSER_ENABLED='true' ; k6 run script.js

?