/// context('Querying', () => { beforeEach(() => { cy.visit('https://example.cypress.io/commands/querying'); }); // The most commonly used query is 'cy.get()', you can // think of this like the '$' in jQuery it('cy.get() - query DOM elements', () => { // https://on.cypress.io/get cy.get('#query-btn').should('contain', 'Button'); cy.get('.query-btn').should('contain', 'Button'); cy.get('#querying .well>button:first').should('contain', 'Button'); // ↲ // Use CSS selectors just like jQuery cy.get('[data-test-id="test-example"]').should('have.class', 'example'); // 'cy.get()' yields jQuery object, you can get its attribute // by invoking `.attr()` method cy.get('[data-test-id="test-example"]') .invoke('attr', 'data-test-id') .should('equal', 'test-example'); // or you can get element's CSS property cy.get('[data-test-id="test-example"]').invoke('css', 'position').should('equal', 'static'); // or use assertions directly during 'cy.get()' // https://on.cypress.io/assertions cy.get('[data-test-id="test-example"]') .should('have.attr', 'data-test-id', 'test-example') .and('have.css', 'position', 'static'); }); it('cy.contains() - query DOM elements with matching content', () => { // https://on.cypress.io/contains cy.get('.query-list').contains('bananas').should('have.class', 'third'); // we can pass a regexp to `.contains()` cy.get('.query-list').contains(/^b\w+/).should('have.class', 'third'); cy.get('.query-list').contains('apples').should('have.class', 'first'); // passing a selector to contains will // yield the selector containing the text cy.get('#querying').contains('ul', 'oranges').should('have.class', 'query-list'); cy.get('.query-button').contains('Save Form').should('have.class', 'btn'); }); it('.within() - query DOM elements within a specific element', () => { // https://on.cypress.io/within cy.get('.query-form').within(() => { cy.get('input:first').should('have.attr', 'placeholder', 'Email'); cy.get('input:last').should('have.attr', 'placeholder', 'Password'); }); }); it('cy.root() - query the root DOM element', () => { // https://on.cypress.io/root // By default, root is the document cy.root().should('match', 'html'); cy.get('.query-ul').within(() => { // In this within, the root is now the ul DOM element cy.root().should('have.class', 'query-ul'); }); }); it('best practices - selecting elements', () => { // https://on.cypress.io/best-practices#Selecting-Elements cy.get('[data-cy=best-practices-selecting-elements]').within(() => { // Worst - too generic, no context cy.get('button').click(); // Bad. Coupled to styling. Highly subject to change. cy.get('.btn.btn-large').click(); // Average. Coupled to the `name` attribute which has HTML semantics. cy.get('[name=submission]').click(); // Better. But still coupled to styling or JS event listeners. cy.get('#main').click(); // Slightly better. Uses an ID but also ensures the element // has an ARIA role attribute cy.get('#main[role=button]').click(); // Much better. But still coupled to text content that may change. cy.contains('Submit').click(); // Best. Insulated from all changes. cy.get('[data-cy=submit]').click(); }); }); });