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cy.request vs cy.intercept

Lazy Lizard answered on January 12, 2023 Popularity 6/10 Helpfulness 5/10

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cy.request vs cy.intercept

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cy.request
==========
cy.request, as its name suggests, is the command used to perform requests at the network level, such as a GET or POST.

cy.intercept
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cy.intercept does not make a request, but rather "listens" to requests that occur on the network layer. If we "ask" Cypress to name a certain request that we expect to occur after some action, we can also "ask" it to wait for it before moving on when it notices that such a request occurred.

That is, cy.intercept is usually used in conjunction with two other commands, .as and cy.wait.

Usage Exapmle:
==============
describe('Trello App', () => {
  beforeEach(() => {
    cy.request({
      method: 'POST',
      url: '/boards',
      body: { title: 'TAT' }
    })
    cy.request({
      method: 'POST',
      url: '/boards/tat',
      body: { column: 'TODO' }
    })
  })

  it("creates a card in a board's column", => {
    cy.intercept('GET', '**/boards/tat/cards').as('getCards')

    cy.visit('/boards/tat')
    cy.get('[data-cy="add-card-btn"]').click()
    cy.get('[data-cy="card-title-input"]').type('Bug #420')
    cy.get('[data-cy="card-title-description"]').type('Test bug #420 in production')
    cy.get('[data-cy="create-card-btn"]').click()

    cy.wait('@getCards')

    cy.contains('[data-cy="card"]', 'Bug #420').should('be.visible')
  })
})

Reading info:
https://dev.to/walmyrlimaesilv/cy-request-vs-cy-intercept-cmi
https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/intercept
https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/request

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