Questions tagged [cypress]
Questions about using Cypress.io, an open source tool for testing anything that runs in a browser.
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Shall I put my e2e tests and performance test frameworks on the same repository?
I am using Cypress for my e2e tests and k6 for my performance tests.
They are both in Javascript and access the same config json files (I use this for my environment variables).
The folder structure ...
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What is the extent that the cypress.io has support for iframe related scripting?
I am trying out to use cypress.io tool for my web automation. My application has iframes and cypress.io on their website has mentioned that it has limited support for iframe pages. I wrote the ...
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How to avoid repeated requests in Cypress tests
Since aliases are cleared after each test (it) when using Cypress, it seems subsequent tests needs to execute the same request again and again, while I would prefer to get it only once. This can be ...
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Why do I see 302 response error when running my Cypress tests?
I am frequently observing a 302 response in the console when I trigger certain Cypress automation tests (such as selecting a value from a drop down and wait for 2-3 seconds for the screen to filter ...
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How to run a web browser automated test in mobile mode using cypress version 5?
I want to run my browser tests against tablet versions of a release targeting iOS tablets-how can i script it in cypressio or is it possible in alternation web automation tools?
The objective to write ...
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How to get cookie value in cypress from a cy.request response?
I am using the following before my test to try and get a cookie value from the request
cy.request({
method:'GET',
url:`https://test:test!@mf-test-magento19.test.com/meat/meat-...
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How can Cypress be seen as an End-to-end testing tool when it cannot travel across different domains?
I want to use cypress as an alternative to webdriver.io but I am struggling to get my arguments across to the rest of my team as it cannot travel across other superdomains whereas Webdriver.io does ...
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Assert that options (text) in drop down are unique
I’m creating test in cypress using typescript, I’m not sure how to assert that all options in drop down are unique - I found bug where is situation that values are duplicated multiple times - it’s a ...
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Trouble with assertions when testing PDF files
Objective:
To find distinctive data that has been encoded in a pdf and write assertions using cypress to ensure data accuracy.
Observed Behavior:
Assertions that have been written do not execute.
I ...
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Is it considered an anti-pattern for me to group Cypress test steps this way?
Writing end2end tests with Cypress and cucumber, on a high level the test cases are as following:
Feature: Users can change color scheme
@focus
Scenario: The user changes color scheme from Black ...
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Accessing elements within a Frame in Cypress
I am trying to interact with elements within a frame.
<frame name="content" scrolling="AUTO" src="empty.jsp">
#document
<html lang="en">...
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Accessing element within a frame, nested within tables in Cypress
I've written two custom functions to allow Cypress to access a frame and select a menu item from this code:
<frame name="leftFrame" scrolling="YES" noresize="" src=...
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In Gherkin files, should I repeat the steps in the previous scenario if my following scenario depends on it?
I have read about the Cardinal Rule of BDD from various places when writing Gherkin files.
In many of these examples, they have the following scenarios in a feature file:
Feature: Google Searching
...
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How can I measure the coverage of my E2E tests?
I'm looking for a way to measure the coverage of my end-to-end tests. I have some existing E2E tests already and I'm adding more test scenarios to it. But I would like to have a way to quantify the ...
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Hover on svg in cypress and test tooltip
Scenario:
I have something similar:
<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<!-- Using g to inherit presentation attributes -->
<g fill=&...
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visiting a dynamic link that opened in new tab in cypress
Scenario:
While clicking a link/button in the application, a new tab is opened (with a dynamic url)
Is there a way in cypress to test somethings in the newly opened tab?
I cannot use cy.visit() as ...
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Is Cypress set to replace Selenium as the preferred tool for automating web applications? [closed]
I see many articles pointing out the effectiveness of Cypress as against Selenium for automating web applications. From most of the articles I've read, I see some points for Cypress such as:
Cypress ...
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Is there any way I can have Cypress test steps printed out in the command prompt?
Cypress shows a log of all test cases / spec files executed while execution goes on in CMD. I want to know if there is a way that Cypress can show the test steps execution also in the command prompt.
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How to add two data attribute check in cypress?
Example:
<div data-component="tab" data-value="first_tab">
</div>
How can I get data-component="tab" and data-value="first_tab" together in cypress ...
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How do I automate the setting of Cypress environment variables on a windows machine via a text file?
On Unix and Mac machines, environmental variables can be read from .env files which have 'export' commands in them.
For example:
export USER_ENV=test
export CLIENT=company
In windows, there's no ...
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How to wait till all components are loaded in Cypress?
My Cypress test cases are working fine when I run from my system pointing to QA. But the scheduled builds from CI are failing randomly because sometimes the page is taking more time to load.
I've ...
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End to End tests on multiple build agents?
I am using Cypress for end-to-end testing on a Web App, and for some browsers I noticed slight changes in the output when changing the build agent.
It is something that I didn't even consider before, ...
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My Cypress Reports Folder does not get properly deleted when I execute the rmdir command in the package.json file. Which command should I use?
I am running Cypress on a Windows machine.
I am using this command (included in the package.json file) to remove the cypress/reports folder before the start of each test run:
"clean:reports": "IF ...
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Cypress: Problems in merging individual test suite Mochawesome reports. Consistent Errors observed
I'm using Mochawesome with Cypress to generate reports.
I am consistently observing this error when I attempt to merge my individual Mochawesome test suite files into one combined report:
ERROR: ...
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Cypress catch and validate a redirect
We're creating E2E tests in Cypress. One of our tests shows a list of banks to which you can be redirected to complete a payment. After clicking a specific bank with the following code:
cy.get('....
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where to put cypress tests?
I am new to Cypress and trying to find the best practices for where to store our tests. I see there seems to be plenty of resources for how to organize folders to setup fixtures, tests, plugins, etc. ...
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What is the difference between the Selenium tool and the Cypress tool?
What is the difference between the Selenium tool and Cypress tool? How they both are works differently from each other?
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Assertions for CLI Commands in CI/CD environment
I am working with a Cypress testing framework in a CI/CD environment. There are several Cypress smoke tests that run each time my team pushes a build. However, I would like to add tests that make ...
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If else loop is not working/ element exists: cypress automation
I am new to cypress. I read some of the other if-else cypress related questions and yet fail to understand whats wrong with my code.
What I am trying to accomplish: if "There are no results" found on ...
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Stubbing Responses in end-to-end tests?
So i've been trying out Cypress for the past few days, and im liking the tool so far. One feature it enables is being able to stub network requests (I think only xhr right now). Im sure other tools ...
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How to have a global alias for network requests in Cypress
In my e2e tests it happens that I have to wait for a xhr request to finish. So I have created an alias "graphql":
cy.server();
cy.route({
method: "POST",
url: Cypress.env('GRAPHQL_API'),
})....
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Cypress redirect e2e test with stripe js
I am writing an e2e test in cypress for an online store and after clicking the confirm purchase button it redirects to stripe page (not iframe but one-time payment redirect to their website) to input ...
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Is there a way to automate multiple tabs using cypress?
Is there a way to automate multiple tabs using cypress?
e.g. After login to my webpage, I get redirected to another tab.
So, I would like to automate login in 1st tab and then perform other testing ...
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how to get list of files in a directory recursively in Cypress?
I wrote this code and it works fine, that is written in TypeScript. When I use the same code in the test file in Cypress I get error TypeError: fs.readdir is not a function
import * as fs from 'fs'
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Do something as long as element is on page - cypress
I'm new to cypress and I just hit this problem I seem unable to solve.
What I'm trying to do is this: on an eshop page, there's this "Show More Products" button (sorry for the language :)):
If I ...
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Reset state before each Cypress test - TypeError: cy.resetDb is not a function
I use Cypress with my local web app. I followed install and run instructions:
https://github.com/gothinkster/react-mobx-realworld-example-app
Tests work fine until I wanted to reset database state ...
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Testing React web application in Selenium(Java)
In my work I use Selenium(Java) to automated test.
Now web application will be rewritten to React, and there's my question:
Automating react application using Selenium under Java is good choice? Do ...
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Select files from system's local drive using cypress
How to select files from a local computer and upload to the website using cypress?
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How to check a button is disabled using Cypress
<button _ngcontent-c21="" color="primary" mat-button="" class="mat-button
mat-primary" ng-reflect-disabled="true" ng-reflect-color="primary"
disabled=""><span class="mat-button-wrapper">
...
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Using Cypress tests how to select a feature on a map location
We have an app where we can display dataset features on an Open Layers map page. These dataset features are then selectable to allow further attributes of these datasets to be displayed.
In my ...
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How to set an enviromental variable to indicate test environment in Cypress
I need to include in my test scenarios a way to determine which environment they are being executed in.
We have BVT (build verification test) and a UAT (user Acceptance Test) environments.
Within our ...
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Why isn't my 'if' statement working in my Cypress test
I'm trying to add an 'if' statement into my login test as there are two login pages that can be loaded. The test below is failing when it can't find the text 'Not your account?', when it should be ...
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Cypress if-then-else, while and foreach
In the context of my master’s thesis, I have been working on web application testing. My original goal was to have some form of automation on UI testing, such that easy end-to-end testing was possible....
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Test all elements in a single test or 18 separate tests
I have a test that is making sure that all elements are visible on a page, my question is should I have 18 separate test cases or just one?
Example, which is better
let baseURL = Cypress.env("...
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Cypress vs Protractor for end-to-end testing
I've recently stumbled upon a modern end-to-end testing framework called Cypress which is going to be released in public beta this year. It really looks awesome at the first glance - there are ...
