Fastlane - How to add user to Testflight with Group?

Question

Am on FastLane , trying to setup iOS builds to Testglight - Am on the latest version - 2.88.0.

When i try to add an internal tester to iTunesConnect

fastlane pilot add [email protected]

I get an error

ERROR: You must provide 1 or more groups (with the :groups option)

This is my part of the lane - the Pilot command

# upload to Testflight
pilot(skip_waiting_for_build_processing: true,
    email:"[email protected]",
    distribute_external: false)

Where do i provide these groups? If i use the -g option, it says the groups don't exist?

Do i need to manually go to iTunesConnect and create a group? That defeats the purpose of automating stuff.

Any pointers would be appreciated

I manage members on iTunesConnect manually. After delivering app by pilot, those members will get notifications about new released app. — AechoLiu
you set group as a param look this docs.fastlane.tools/actions/testflight/#parameters — a.masri

joshdholtz joshdholtz · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-29T13:08:40

Creating a group is usually just a "one-time" thing so its easiest to create your one or two groups in iTunesConnect directly and then reference those group names in pilot.

If you want to do it all programmatically though, you could use spaceship directly create a group with something like...

group = Spaceship::TestFlight::Group.create!(app_id: 'app-id', group_name: 'Group 1')

You may have to check if the group exists first so it doesn't error out. You could also create a separate lane for creating groups for this app so that you don't have to go into iTunesConnect to create any new groups.

Fastlane - How to add user to Testflight with Group?

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