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WasteD
WasteD

Reputation: 778

Test only the currently active backend with Cypress

I'm trying to test our web application with the E2E Testing Framework Cypress. But now I've ran into a problem.

For our webapp we are using two backends one is active and the other inactive. But when testing it is not known which backend is currently active. How can I now write a test that doesnt fail just because one of the URL's cant be reached. Here is the code I currently have.

describe("Backend Test", () => {
  it("Test Backend 1", () => {
    cy.visit("BACKEND1_HOSTNAME.company.com") //Lets say this fails because backend 1 is currently  inactive
  })

  it("Test Backend 2", () => {
    cy.visit("BACKEND2_HOSTNAME.company.com") //This will work because its active
  })
})

In this scenario the whole test-suite will fail because one of the backends doesnt respond because its not active.

Is there any way I can avoid the test from failing as long as one of the tests is succesful?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 226

Answers (1)

TesterDick
TesterDick

Reputation: 10580

Run one of the backend in a cy.request() to find out which is active.

describe("Backend Test", () => {

  let activeUrl;

  before(() => {
    cy.request('BACKEND1_HOSTNAME.company.com', {failOnStatusCode:false})
      .then(response => {
        activeUrl = (repsonse.statusCode === 200) ? 'BACKEND1_HOSTNAME.company.com'
          : 'BACKEND2_HOSTNAME.company.com'
      })
  })

  it("Test active backend", () => {
    cy.visit(activeUrl)
  })
})

Upvotes: 1

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