Fixture data for tests

Current behavior:

const names = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']

names.forEach(name => {
  it(`works for ${name}`, () => {
     cy.visit('...')
     cy.contains(name)
  })
})

Desired behavior:

It would be extremely useful to be able to drive tests out of fixture data. That way if you want to reuse the same data in a different test you don’t need to duplicate it. Possibly like this:

const names = cy.fixture('foo/examples');

names.forEach(name => {
  it(`works for ${name}`, () => {
     cy.visit('...')
     cy.contains(name)
  })
})

[Lakitna]

To recap for posterity: There are three reliable ways to do this:

The examples below expect the fixture file to contain an array.

.fixture() inside an it The Cypress chain in the example cannot be executed outside an it block.

describe('Using `.fixture()` in `it` block', function() {
    it('gets its data from a fixture', function() {
        cy.fixture('foo/examples')
            .then((examples) => {
                // `examples` contains the full contents of the fixture
                examples.forEach((example) => {
                    // Do something with each example
                });
            });
    });
});

.fixture inside a before or beforeEach The Cypress chain in the example cannot be executed outside a before/beforeEach block.

describe('Using `.fixture()` in `before` block', function() {
    before(function() {
        cy.fixture('foo/examples')
            .as('fooExamples');
    });

    it('gets its data from a fixture', function() {
        cy.get('@fooExamples')
            .then((examples) => {
                // `examples` contains the full contents of the fixture
                examples.forEach((example) => {
                    // Do something with each example
                });
            });
    });
});

Using require Note that you can use this method to dynamically generate tests by swapping lines 4 and 5. If you don’t know what this means I suggest you simply try it to see what happens.

const examples = require('../../fixtures/foo/examples');
// `examples` contains the full contents of the fixture

describe('Using `require`', function() {
    it('gets its data from a fixture', function() {
        examples.forEach((example) => {
            // Do something with each example
        });
    });
});

Does anyone have anything to add?

[himsontam]

const someObject = require(“…/fixtures/URLParameterSignUpConfigs/URLParameterSignUpConfigs.json”);

describe(‘URL Parameter Sign Up Test’, () => { it(‘Navigate to URL with Query String’, () => { cy.log(someObject.keyContactName); }); });

Any idea why would that be?