How to start the Appium server from command prompt in MAC machine?

Question

I am automating ios native mobile application using appium. Until now I was launching the server from the Appium GUI by clicking on the Launch button. Now I want to start the server from a command prompt.

I was able to do the same in Windows machine by following the below steps:

1. Launch Node.js command prompt
2. Navigate till the Appium bin folder
3. Use the command node appium

I got blocked on how to start the Node.js command prompt on a Mac. Can you pleases tell me how I can start the Appium server from a command prompt on a Mac.

Answer 1

if you used npm install -g appium then you should be able to directly open one with the command

appium //plus any server args you want ex: appium -p 4474 

Or you can still navigate to the folder of your node_modules and into appium and go with

node . //plus any server args you want

if you want to have additional server flags, all are available at their site with documentations.

Answer 2

Open the terminal and type in the following command

appium --address 127.0.0.1 --port 4723 

Press enter then it will register itself to 127.0.0.1 and will listen 4723 port. You can extend this command by adding app type etc.

Hope this will help you

cheers

Answer 3

/Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node/bin/node /Applications/Appium.app/Contents/Resources/node_modules/appium/bin/appium.js --address 127.0.0.1 --chromedriver-port 9516 --bootstrap-port 4725 --no-reset --local-timezone --command-timeout 7200 --session-override --debug-log-spacing --platform-version 9.0 --platform-name iOS --app /Users/chennareddy/u/apps/TestApp/build/release-iphonesimulator/Handstand/Handstand.app --show-ios-log --device-name iPhone-6s --native-instruments-lib --orientation Portrait

Answer 4

To start appium in MAC, all you need to do is to type => appium & in the terminal application. In order for the above command to work, you have to install appium in terminal mode. However there are 2 ways of doing it, one is with HomeBrew and the other directly with Node.js . You can find the tutorial of installing HomeBrew online. Follow the steps below to install it directly with node.js -

1. Go to https://nodejs.org/
2. Download and install the latest stable version of node.js package in your mac
3. Now open the terminal application
4. Run the following command => npm install -g appium
5. This should install Appium in your system with global privileges. After installation of appium, you can run the command => appium-doctor in the same terminal window to verify if everything is installed properly.
6. If everything is in green ticks, run => appium & to start the appium server

Hope this helped.