Extra Cypress query commands for v12+
- πΊ Watch the videos:
- Cypress v12 Querying Commands Introduction
- Confirm Table Column
- Use cypress-map Queries To Validate A Row In A Table
- How To Check Visibility Of Many Elements
- Pick A Random Menu Link
- Confirm The Same Text In A Couple Of Elements
- Map Input Elements Values
- Iterate Over DOM Elements Using cy.each, jQuery each and map, and cypress-map Plugin Commands
- Confirm Sorted Attributes
- Query Multiple Elements In Order
- Element's Text Becomes Stable
- Cut Cypress Execution In Half By Running Tests In Parallel Using cypress-split And GitHub Actions
- Fix GitHub Actions Node Version Warnings
- Use cy.second and cy.third Commands
- Remove Class From Sampled Elements
- Check Multiple Properties At Once Using cy.difference Query
- cy.difference Command With Predicates
- π Read the blog posts
- π Covered in my course Cypress Plugins
- Lesson l1: Confirm the attribute of the last item
- Lesson l2: Confirm the extracted list of texts
- Lesson l3: Confirm the last two items in the extracted lis
- Lesson l4: Confirm the list of attributes
- Lesson l5: Confirm the sum of attributes
- Lesson l6: Compare the sum of attributes to the total
- Lesson l7: Debug chained queries using tap
- Lesson l8: Get the raw DOM element at index k
- Lesson l9: Confirm the number of elements with the given attribute
- Lesson l10: Check the parsed attribute value
- Lesson l11: Extract and convert prices
- Lesson l12: Find the element with the smallest attribute value
- Lesson l13: Check each item's text
- Lesson l14: Flexible logging using cy.print command
- Lesson l15: Confirm HTML table values
- Lesson l17: Control the network and confirm the table
- π Covered in my course Cypress Network Testing Exercises
- π Covered in my course Testing The Swag Store
Add this package as a dev dependency:
$ npm i -D cypress-map
# or using Yarn
$ yarn add -D cypress-map
Include this package in your spec or support file to use all custom query commands
import 'cypress-map'
Alternative: import only the query commands you need:
import 'cypress-map/commands/map'
import 'cypress-map/commands/tap'
// and so on, see the /commands folder
const double = (n) => n * 2
cy.wrap(100).apply(double).should('equal', 200)
It works like cy.then
but cy.apply(fn)
is a query command. Function fn
should be synchronous, pure function that only uses the subject argument and returns new value The function callback fn
cannot use any Cypress commands cy
.
You can pass additional left arguments to the callback function. Then it puts the subject as last argument before calling the function:
cy.wrap(8).apply(Cypress._.subtract, 4).should('equal', -4)
Without arguments, cy.applyRight
works the same as cy.apply
. If you pass arguments, then the subject plus the arguments become the arguments to the callback. The subject is at the left (first) position
cy.wrap(8).applyRight(Cypress._.subtract, 4).should('equal', 4)
// same as
cy.wrap(8)
.apply((subject) => Cypress._.subtract(subject, 4))
.should('equal', 4)
Sometimes you have the callback to apply, and you know the first argument(s), and just need to put the subject at the last position. This is where you can partially apply the known arguments to the given callback.
// the Cypress._.add takes to arguments (a, b)
// we know the first argument a = 5
// so we partially apply it and wait for the subject = b argument
cy.wrap(100).partial(Cypress._.add, 5).should('equal', 105)
// same as
cy.wrap(100)
.apply((subject) => Cypress._.add(5, subject))
.should('equal', 105)
If the current subject is an array, or a jQuery object, you can apply the given callback with arguments to the first item or element. The current subject will be the last argument.
// cy.applyToFirst(callback, ...args)
cy.wrap(Cypress.$('<div>100</div><div>200</div>'))
.applyToFirst((base, el) => parseInt(el.innerText, base), 10)
.should('equal', 100)
If the current subject is an array, or a jQuery object, you can apply the given callback with arguments to the first item or element. The current subject will be the first argument.
// cy.applyToFirstRight(callback, ...args)
cy.wrap(Cypress.$('<div>100</div><div>200</div>'))
.applyToFirstRight((el, base) => parseInt(el.innerText, base), 10)
.should('equal', 100)
We often just need to call a method on the first element / item in the current subject
cy.get(selector).invokeFirst('getBoundingClientRect')
// compute the vertical center for example
Transforms every object in the given collection by running it through the given callback function. Can also map each object to its property. An object could be an array or a jQuery object.
// map elements by invoking a function
cy.wrap(['10', '20', '30']).map(Number) // [10, 20, 30]
// map elements by a property
cy.get('.matching')
.map('innerText')
.should('deep.equal', ['first', 'third', 'fourth'])
You can even map properties of an object by listing callbacks. For example, let's convert the age
property from a string to a number
cy.wrap({
age: '42',
lucky: true,
})
.map({
age: Number,
})
.should('deep.equal', {
age: 42,
lucky: true,
})
You can avoid any conversion to simply pick the list of properties from an object
const person = {
name: 'Joe',
age: 21,
occupation: 'student',
}
cy.wrap(person).map(['name', 'age']).should('deep.equal', {
name: 'Joe',
age: 21,
})
You can extract nested paths by using "." in your property path
cy.wrap(people)
.map('name.first')
.should('deep.equal', ['Joe', 'Anna'])
// equivalent to
cy.wrap(people)
.map('name')
.map('first')
.should('deep.equal', ['Joe', 'Anna'])
cy.get('#items li')
.find('.price')
.map('innerText')
.mapInvoke('replace', '$', '')
.mapInvoke('trim')
cy.get('#items li')
.find('.price')
.map('innerText')
.mapInvoke('replace', '$', '')
.map(parseFloat)
.reduce((max, n) => (n > max ? n : max))
// yields the highest price
You can provide the initial accumulator value
cy.wrap([1, 2, 3])
.reduce((sum, n) => sum + n, 10)
.should('equal', 16)
See reduce.cy.js
cy.get('#items li')
.find('.price')
.map('innerText')
.tap() // console.log by default
.mapInvoke('replace', '$', '')
.mapInvoke('trim')
// console.info with extra label
.tap(console.info, 'trimmed strings')
Notice: if the label is provided, the callback function is called with label and the subject.
A retryable query that calls the given constructor function using the new
keyword and the current subject as argument.
cy.wrap('Jan 1, 2019')
// same as "new Date('Jan 1, 2019')"
.make(Date)
.invoke('getFullYear')
.should('equal', 2019)
A better cy.log
: yields the value, intelligently stringifies values using %
and string-format notation.
cy.wrap(42)
.print() // "42"
// and yields the value
.should('equal', 42)
// pass formatting string
cy.wrap(42).print('the answer is %d') // "the answer is 42"
cy.wrap({ name: 'Joe' }).print('person %o') // 'person {"name":"Joe"}'
// use {0} with dot notation, supported deep properties
// https://github.com/davidchambers/string-format
cy.wrap({ name: 'Joe' }).print('person name {0.name}') // "person name Joe"
// print the length of an array
cy.wrap(arr).print('array length {0.length}') // "array length ..."
// pass your own function to return formatted string
cy.wrap(arr).print((a) => `array with ${a.length} items`)
// if you return a non-string, it will attempt to JSON.stringify it
cy.wrap(arr).print((list) => list[2]) // JSON.stringify(arr[2])
See print.cy.js for more examples
Finds a single item in the subject. Assumes subject is an array or a jQuery object. Uses Lodash _.find
method.
// using predicate function
const isThree = n => n === 3
cy.wrap([...]).findOne(isThree).should('equal', 3)
// using partial known properties of an object
cy.wrap([...]).findOne({ name: 'Anna' }).should('have.property', 'name', 'Anna')
See find-one.cy.js
cy.get('.matching')
.map('innerText')
.primo()
.invoke('toUpperCase')
.should('equal', 'FIRST')
See primo.cy.js
Works like cy.its
for objects, but gets the property for jQuery objects, which cy.its
does not
cy.get('#items li.matching')
.last()
.prop('ariaLabel')
.should('equal', 'four')
See prop.cy.js
Changes a single property inside the subject by running it through the given callback function. Useful to do type conversions, for example, let's convert the "age" property to a Number
cy.wrap({ age: '20' })
.update('age', Number)
.should('deep.equal', { age: 20 })
Returns a DOM element from jQuery object at position k
. Returns an item from array at position k
. For negative index, counts the items from the end.
cy.get('#items li').at(-1).its('innerText').should('equal', 'fifth')
See at.cy.js
Returns a randomly picked item or element from the current subject
cy.get('#items li').sample().should('have.text', 'four')
If you pass a positive number, then it picks multiple elements or items
// yields jQuery object with 3 random items
cy.get('#items li').sample(3).should('have.length', 3)
See sample.cy.js
Yields the second element from the current subject. Could be an element or an array item.
cy.get('#items li').second().should('have.text', 'second')
See second.cy.js
Yields the third element from the current subject. Could be an element or an array item.
cy.get('#items li').third().should('have.text', 'third')
See third.cy.js
Saves current subject in Cypress.env
object. Note: Cypress.env object is reset before the spec run, but the changed values are passed from test to test. Thus you can easily pass a value from the first test to the second.
it('saves value in this test', () => {
cy.wrap('hello, world').asEnv('greeting')
})
it('saved value is available in this test', () => {
expect(Cypress.env('greeting'), 'greeting').to.equal('hello, world')
})
Do you really want to make the tests dependent on each other?
Queries the page using multiple selectors and returns the found elements in the specified order, no matter how they are ordered in the document. Retries if any of the selectors are not found.
cy.getInOrder('selector1', 'selector2', 'selector3', ...)
// yields a single jQuery subject with
// elements for selector1
// and selector2,
// and selector3, etc
You can also use a single array of selector strings
cy.getInOrder(['h1', 'h2', 'h3'])
Sometimes you just want to wait until the element is stable. For example, if the element's text content does not change for N milliseconds, then we can consider the element to be text
stable.
cy.get('#message').stable('text')
// yields the element
Supported types: text
, value
(for input elements), css
, and element
(compares the element reference)
You can control the quiet period (milliseconds), and pass the log
and the timeout
options
// stable for 500ms
// without logging
// with maximum retries duration of 6 seconds
cy.get('#message').stable('text', 500, { log: false, timeout: 6_000 })
When checking the CSS property to be stable, provide the name of the property:
// retries until the CSS animation finishes
// and the background color is red
cy.get('#message')
.stable('css', 'background-color', 100)
// yields the element
.should('have.css', 'background-color', 'rgb(255, 0, 0)')
See stable.cy.js and stable-css.cy.js
experimental
Retries until the element with the given selector detaches from DOM.
cy.contains('Click to re-render').click()
cy.detaches('#list')
Sometimes the detachment can happen right with the action and the cy.detaches(selector)
is too late. If you know the detachment might have already happened, you need to prepare for it by using an alias stored in the Cypress.env
object:
cy.get('#name2').asEnv('name')
cy.contains('Click to remove Joe').click()
cy.detaches('@name')
The jQuery object will be stored inside the Cypress.env
under the name
property.
See detach.cy.js
Computes an object/arrays of the difference with the current subject object/array.
cy.wrap({ name: 'Joe', age: 20 })
.difference({ name: 'Joe', age: 30 })
.should('deep.equal', { age: { actual: 20, expected: 30 } })
You can use synchronous predicate functions to validate properties
// confirm the value of the "age" property
// is larger than 15
.difference({ name: 'Joe', age: (n) => n > 15 })
Reports missing and extra properties. See difference.cy.js
Note: use have.length
to validate the number of items in an array:
// let's check if there are 3 objects in the array
// INSTEAD OF THIS
.difference([Cypress._.object, Cypress._.object, Cypress._.object])
// USE AN ASSERTION
.should('have.length', 3)
You can check each item in the array subject using values / predicates from the expected object.
// list of people objects
cy.wrap(people)
.difference({
name: Cypress._.isString,
age: (age) => age > 1 && age < 100,
})
.should('be.empty')
π to learn more about cy.table
command, read the blog post Test HTML Tables Using cy.table Query Command.
Extracts all cells from the current subject table. Yields a 2D array of strings.
cy.get('table').table()
You can slice the table to yield just a region .table(x, y, w, h)
For example, you can get 2 by 2 subregion
cy.get('table')
.table(0, 2, 2, 2)
.should('deep.equal', [
['Cary', '30'],
['Joe', '28'],
])
See the spec table.cy.js for more examples.
Tip: you can combine cy.table
with cy.map
, cy.mapInvoke
to get the parts of the table. For example, the same 2x2 part of the table could be extracted with:
cy.get('table')
.table()
.invoke('slice', 2, 4)
.mapInvoke('slice', 0, 2)
.should('deep.equal', [
['Cary', '30'],
['Joe', '28'],
])
Tip 2: to get just the headings row, combine .table
and .its
queries
cy.get('table')
.table(0, 0, 3, 1)
.its(0)
.should('deep.equal', ['Name', 'Age', 'Date (YYYY-MM-DD)'])
To get the last row, you could do:
cy.get('table').table().invoke('slice', -1).its(0)
To get the first column joined into a single array (instead of array of 1x1 arrays)
cy.get('table')
.table(0, 1, 1) // skip the heading "Name" cell
// combine 1x1 arrays into one array
.invoke('flatMap', Cypress._.identity)
.should('deep.equal', ['Dave', 'Cary', 'Joe', 'Anna'])
A query to convert special DOM objects into plain objects. For example, to convert DOMStringMap
instance into a plain object compatible with deep.equal
assertion we can do
cy.get('article')
.should('have.prop', 'dataset')
.toPlainObject()
.should('deep.equal', {
columns: '3',
indexNumber: '12314',
parent: 'cars',
})
By default uses JSON stringify and parse back. If you want to convert using entries
and fromEntries
, add an argument:
cy.wrap(new URLSearchParams(searchParams)).toPlainObject('entries')
In Cypress v12 cy.invoke
became a query, which made working with asynchronous methods really unwieldy. The cy.invokeOnce
is a return the old way of calling the method and yielding the resolved value.
cy.wrap(app)
// app.fetchName is an asynchronous method
// that returns a Promise
.invokeOnce('fetchName')
.should('equal', 'My App')
See the spec invoke-once.cy.js for more examples.
Here are a few examples to clarify the different between the cy.invoke
, cy.map
, and cy.mapInvoke
query commands, see diff.cy.js
const list = ['apples', 'plums', 'bananas']
// cy.invoke
cy.wrap(list)
// calls ".sort()" on the list
.invoke('sort')
.should('deep.equal', ['apples', 'bananas', 'plums'])
// cy.mapInvoke
cy.wrap(list)
// calls ".toUpperCase()" on every string in the list
.mapInvoke('toUpperCase')
.should('deep.equal', ['APPLES', 'PLUMS', 'BANANAS'])
// cy.map
const reverse = (s) => s.split('').reverse().join('')
cy.wrap(list)
// reverses each string in the list
.map(reverse)
.should('deep.equal', ['selppa', 'smulp', 'sananab'])
// grabs the "length" property from each string
.map('length')
.should('deep.equal', [6, 5, 7])
I have added another useful command (not a query!) to this package. It allows you to process items in the array subject one by one via synchronous, asynchronous, or cy
command functions. This is because the common solution to fetch items using cy.each
, for example does not work:
// fetch the users from a list of ids
// π¨ DOES NOT WORK
cy.get(ids).each(id => cy.request('/users/' + id)).then(users => ...)
// Nope, the yielded "users" result is ... still the "ids" subject
// β
CORRECT SOLUTION
cy.get(ids).mapChain(id => cy.request('/users/' + id)).then(users => ...)
This package includes TypeScript command definitions for its custom commands in the file commands/index.d.ts. To use it from your JavaScript specs:
/// <reference types="cypress-map" />
If you are using TypeScript, include this module in your types list
{
"compilerOptions": {
"types": ["cypress", "cypress-map"]
}
}
The source code is in the src/commands folder. The build command produces ES5 code that goes into the commands
folder (should not be checked into the source code control). The package.json
in its NPM distribution includes commands
plus the types from src/commands/index.d.ts
file.
- cypress-should-really has similar functional helpers for constructing the
should(callback)
function on the fly.
Note: this module does not have filter
method because Cypress API has query commands cy.filter and cy.invoke that you can use to filter elements in a jQuery object or items in an array. See the examples in the filter.cy.js spec. πΊ See video Filter Elements And Items With Retries.
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