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# e2e-testing
  • a
    Hey guys, do you know if 
    cy.clearCookie('sessionID')
    works in the 
    before
    or 
    beforeEach
    hooks? I have this in the 
    e2e
    file:
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    Cypress.Cookies.defaults({
    preserve: 'sessionID'
  })
    However, there are some spec.js file where I do not want to use the 
    sessionID
  • r
    ```ts function login() { cy.intercept({ method: 'POST', url: '/api/auth/login', }).as('loginResponse'); cy.visitPage('login', 'foodeli-auth-template'); cy.fillField('email', 'info@foodeli.nl'); cy.fillField('password', 'password'); cy.clickButton('submit'); cy.wait('@loginResponse').its('response.statusCode').should('equal', 200); cy.get('@loginResponse').then((response) => { return response; // Contains the token. }); } ```Does anyone know how I can store the response property in a variable? I cannot access any property because it's a JQueryHTML something.
  • n
    create an alias. Try 
    cy.wrap(response).as('someResponse')
  • g
    studying Cypress Network Testing course would be useful https://cypress.tips/courses
  • r
    Hey I tried this but didn't work
  • r
    Hey cool suggestion! but i for now just want something to fix the current problem
  • g
    sure, you can store the response (an object) or one of its properties like the token using an alias, or use it via 
    cy.then
    . See for example https://slides.com/bahmutov/flexible-cypress-data
  • r
    yep, i found a way meanwhile, thanks!!
  • r
    😄
  • r
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    cy.get('@loginResponse').its('response.body.data').then((token) => {
    setToggleState(1, token);
  })
    I did this
  • r
    works now
  • r
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    cy.get('@loginResponse').its('response.body.data').as('token');
    I also tried this but I cannot access the value outside of the method
  • n
    cy.get('@token')
    should yield data obj then you need 
    then
    again to pass it to some function
  • r
    woahhhh that works!!! thanks this is very valuable information!!
  • r
    😄
  • r
    this is better than my original code
  • r
    Hey what would happen if you put both before and beforeach in the same describe? would it execute them from top to bottom or something? or will it pick one of the two?
  • r
    i know that foreach runs before for each test
  • r
    and that before runs before the first test
  • n
    before
    should run once before all tests in the describe and 
    beforeEach
    should run before each test
  • r
    i know but what if i have both in the same testing block?
  • n
    before
    will run then 
    beforeEeach
    then 
    test1
    then 
    beforeEach
    then 
    test2
    then 
    beforeEach
    then 
    test3
  • r
    oww i got it thx!!
  • r
    does 
    cy.get('@token')
    disappear from memory or something? Because I tried to access it again and the 2nd time it returned: ``cy.get() could not find a registered alias for: @token.`
  • n
    you should 
    intercept
    only once and 
    cy.get
    how many times you want. If you 
    intercept
    twice it will search for second request which never happens in your case
  • r
    i only intercept once
  • r
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    ts
function login() {
  cy.intercept({
    method: 'POST',
    url: '/api/auth/login',
  }).as('loginResponse');

  cy.visitPage('login', 'auth-template');
  cy.fillField('email', 'email@email.com');
  cy.fillField('password', 'password');
  cy.clickButton('submit');

  cy.wait('@loginResponse').its('response.statusCode').should('equal', 200);
  cy.get('@loginResponse').its('response.body.data').as('token');
}
  • r
    this function is only called one time in the before()
  • n
    doc says 
    All intercepts are automatically cleared before every test.
    you should test how it works, not sure what this means if it is called in before for example
  • r
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    ts
function setToggleState(productId: number, state: boolean) {
    cy.get('@token').then((token) => {
        cy.request({
            method: "PUT",
            url:`/api/products/${productId}/update-availability`,
            headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` },
            body: { isAvailable: state }
        });
      });
}
    Uhm, the second time i trigger this function i get the error: > "cy.get() could not find a registered alias for: @token. You have not aliased anything yet."
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