Use Cypress Variable From Command

Question

I have a utility command in cypress:

Cypress.Commands.add('generateDummyText', (length: number, delay?: number) => { const wordLength = 5; const lorem = new LoremIpsum({ wordsPerSentence: { max: wordLength, min: wordLength, }, words: ['word1', 'word2', 'word3', 'word4', 'word5'], }); const words = lorem.generateWords(Math.ceil(length / wordLength)); cy.wrap(words).as('dummyText'); });

it('test', () => { // Generate dummy text cy.generateDummyText(280); // I want to type the "dummyText variable here" cy.get('myinput').type() });

How can this be done? I don't need to use a custom cypress command, but I'd prefer to use one. Looking forward to your reply!

What do you want to do with this text ? You can access it simply by using this.dummyText eg. cy.type(this.dummyText) — ItsNotAndy
– ItsNotAndy, Commented Nov 8, 2021 at 9:20
I want to use it in cy.type(), I've updated the question, check it out :) — Akash
– Akash, Commented Nov 8, 2021 at 9:20

ItsNotAndy · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-08 09:28:42Z

You can access it just by using:

cy.type(this.dummyText)

Another option is just to use faker to generate the random words for you. Add the faker module to you project, then you can just do:

const faker = require("faker"); .type(faker.random.words(5));

instead of using a custom command for it

it worth mentioning that you can't just write cy.generateDummyText(280); cy.type(this.dummyText) since the cypress commands are asynchronous

Mikhail Bolotov · Accepted Answer · 2021-11-08 12:27:50Z

You can get the value either by alias:

cy.generateDummyText(280); cy.get("@dummyText").then(dummyText => { cy.get('myinput').type(this.dummyText) })

or directly by the command return value:

cy.generateDummyText(280).then(dummyText => { cy.get('myinput').type(this.dummyText) })

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