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alanbuchanan
alanbuchanan

Reputation: 4173

Storing an array of elements using Cypress

I want to store an array of strings taken from a page using cypress.

so far I have:

cy.get(".product-name").each(($el) => {
  let text = $el.text();

  cy.request("POST", "http://localhost:3000/sale-items", {
    text
  });
  cy.wait(1000);
});

As you can see I am having to make separate requests for every item. But I want to store the entire array somehow, and then make one request.

I have read this page on variables and aliases but feel no closer to achieving what I want.

How to store an array of items generated from using Cypress commands?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 19099

Answers (3)

Vict01
Vict01

Reputation: 308

function getProductName() {
    let countProducts
    cy.get('.product-name')
        .then((elements) => {      
            countProducts = elements;
        })
    return countProducts 
}

Cypress.Commands.add('getProductName', getProductName)

To invoke the method from any test:

cy.getProductName().then(element => {
  cy.log(`Product names are: ${element.text()} `)
})

Upvotes: 0

Singhak
Singhak

Reputation: 8896

cypress provide .each($elem, index, $list) method to iterate each element of the array.

cy.get(".product-name").each(($els, index, $list) => {
   // $list itself is collection of element
   // $elem is each element of array
   // index is postion of element in array
});

Upvotes: 3

user8745435
user8745435

Reputation:

You can use .then() instead of .each() to retrieve all elements classed 'product-name'. The parameter is an iterable collection that can be converted to an array.

Ref Array.from

cy.get(".product-name").then(($els) => {

  const texts = Array.from($els, el => el.innerText);

  cy.request("POST", "http://localhost:3000/sale-items", {
    texts
  });
  cy.wait(1000);
});

Upvotes: 3

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