In this post, we will cover how to create Re-Useable Commands in cypress
Custom commands in cypress is nothing but creating our own customized function which can be used utilized in all parts of the cypress project with help of a single statement calling the function.
Custom commands work well when we’re needing to describe behavior that’s desirable across all of your tests. These are specific to your application and can be used everywhere.
To create Re-Useable commands In Cypress, we must go to folder cypress/support/commands.
Learn more about commands here
Type in the custom command within the template as shown below
Cypress.Commands.add('anyname', () => {
//Your code here
})
})Suppose, if we want to create Re-Useable commands In cypress for logging into an application that is utilized for all test cases. Create a custom command as shown below.
We can call the login command as same as the cypress command with syntax cy.
Below shows Custom command login is executed successfully, and this command can be utilized in all other test cases which have stepss for logging into the application.
When the custom command is used along with the POM model it offers more reusability of the framework created for build scripts. Read more on POM model creation here.
