How to delete a values from json file and pass it as request in Cypress

Question

I am learning Cypress and automating API tests. I have a JSON file in the fixtures folder and I want to pass this JSON file as a request body.

{
  "name": "Harry",
  "email": "hello@cypress.io",
  "mobile": "1234"
}

so if I want to change the mobile value to something else then I can do like

cy.fixture('request.json').then((requestBody) => {
      requestBody.mobile = '5678'
      cy.request({
        url: requestUrl,
        method: 'POST',
        body: requestBody
    })
})

If I want to delete the mobile value and just want to pass name and email from request.json then can I do this from the same file or I have to create a separate file. Is it possible in cypress?

 requestBody.mobile.delete() //something like this

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 04 '20 at 04:15

1

You could use object destructuring to omit the mobile property:

cy.fixture('request.json').then(({ mobile, ...requestBody }) =>
  cy.request({
    url: requestUrl,
    method: 'POST',
    body: requestBody
  })
)

answered Oct 04 '20 at 04:15

Aleksey L.

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Thanks, @Alekse I am using ```delete mobile ``` this is also working. Not sure which one is better – Harry Oct 12 '20 at 21:01
In this example doesn't really matter I guess. The difference is that `delete` mutates the object – Aleksey L. Oct 13 '20 at 04:13

How to delete a values from json file and pass it as request in Cypress

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