Bright Data CI Integration Skill

Bright Data CI Integration

Overview

Set up CI/CD pipelines for Bright Data scraping projects with GitHub Actions. Includes mocked unit tests that run without proxy access and optional live integration tests that verify actual proxy connectivity.

Prerequisites

GitHub repository with Actions enabled
Bright Data test zone credentials
npm/pnpm project configured

Instructions

Step 1: GitHub Actions Workflow

# .github/workflows/scraper-tests.yml
name: Scraper Tests

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  unit-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm test -- --coverage
        # Unit tests use mocked proxy responses — no credentials needed

  integration-tests:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    env:
      BRIGHTDATA_CUSTOMER_ID: ${{ secrets.BRIGHTDATA_CUSTOMER_ID }}
      BRIGHTDATA_ZONE: ${{ secrets.BRIGHTDATA_ZONE }}
      BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD }}
      BRIGHTDATA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BRIGHTDATA_API_TOKEN }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'
      - run: npm ci
      - name: Download Bright Data CA cert
        run: curl -sO https://brightdata.com/ssl/brd-ca.crt
      - name: Verify proxy connectivity
        run: |
          curl -x "http://brd-customer-${BRIGHTDATA_CUSTOMER_ID}-zone-${BRIGHTDATA_ZONE}:${BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD}@brd.superproxy.io:33335" \
            -s https://lumtest.com/myip.json | python3 -m json.tool
      - run: npm run test:integration

Step 2: Configure GitHub Secrets

gh secret set BRIGHTDATA_CUSTOMER_ID --body "c_abc123"
gh secret set BRIGHTDATA_ZONE --body "web_unlocker_test"
gh secret set BRIGHTDATA_ZONE_PASSWORD --body "z_test_password"
gh secret set BRIGHTDATA_API_TOKEN --body "test_api_token"

Step 3: Write Mocked Unit Tests

// tests/unit/scraper.test.ts — runs without Bright Data credentials
import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
import axios from 'axios';

vi.mock('axios');

describe('Scraper', () => {
  beforeEach(() => vi.clearAllMocks());

  it('should configure proxy correctly', async () => {
    vi.mocked(axios.create).mockReturnValue({
      get: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 200, data: '<html>OK</html>' }),
    } as any);

    const { getBrightDataClient } = await import('../../src/brightdata/client');
    const client = getBrightDataClient();

    expect(axios.create).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      expect.objectContaining({
        proxy: expect.objectContaining({ host: 'brd.superproxy.io', port: 33335 }),
      })
    );
  });

  it('should parse HTML response into structured data', async () => {
    const { parseProductPage } = await import('../../src/brightdata/parser');
    const result = parseProductPage('<html><h1>Product</h1><span class="price">$29.99</span></html>');
    expect(result.title).toBe('Product');
    expect(result.price).toBe('$29.99');
  });
});

Step 4: Write Live Integration Tests

// tests/integration/proxy.test.ts
import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';

const LIVE = process.env.BRIGHTDATA_CUSTOMER_ID && process.env.BRIGHTDATA_ZONE;

describe.skipIf(!LIVE)('Bright Data Live Integration', () => {
  it('should connect through proxy', async () => {
    const { getBrightDataClient } = await import('../../src/brightdata/client');
    const client = getBrightDataClient();
    const res = await client.get('https://lumtest.com/myip.json');
    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
    expect(res.data).toHaveProperty('ip');
    expect(res.data).toHaveProperty('country');
  }, 30000);

  it('should scrape through Web Unlocker', async () => {
    const { getBrightDataClient } = await import('../../src/brightdata/client');
    const client = getBrightDataClient();
    const res = await client.get('https://example.com');
    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
    expect(res.data).toContain('Example Domain');
  }, 60000);
});

Output

Unit tests run on every PR without proxy credentials
Integration tests run on main push with live proxy
GitHub secrets configured securely
CA certificate downloaded in CI

Error Handling

| Issue | Cause | Solution | |-------|-------|----------| | Integration tests fail | Missing secrets | Add via gh secret set | | Proxy timeout in CI | Slow CAPTCHA | Increase test timeout to 60s | | Flaky tests | IP rotation variability | Use lumtest.com for stable verification |

Resources

Next Steps

For deployment patterns, see brightdata-deploy-integration.

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