End-to-end testing is a methodology used to test whether the flow of an application is performing as designed from start to finish. The purpose of carrying out end-to-end tests is to identify system dependencies and to ensure that the right information is passed between various system components and systems.
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Cypress: run only one test
I want to toggle only running one test, so I don't have to wait for my other tests to see the result of one test.
Currently, I comment out my other tests, but this is really annoying.
Is there a way to toggle only running one test in Cypress?
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How to fill an input field using Puppeteer?
I'm using Puppeteer for E2E test, and I am now trying to fill an input field with the code below:
await page.type('#email', 'test@example.com');
It worked, but I found the email address was typed into the field one character by one character as if…
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Cypress pipe console.log and command log to output
Is it possible to redirect or capture Cypress browser log and command log to output?
I read some Cypress github issues on this topic. But I don't know how to make it work.
Basically, I want to capture all the Cypress GUI command logs in the headless…
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In Cypress, set a token in localStorage before test
I want to login and set a localStorage token on the client (specifically jwt)
How can I accomplish this using cy.request, as suggested in the Cypress Documentation?
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How to test file inputs with Cypress?
How can I write an e2e test of flow that requires interaction with the file Input DOM element?
If it's a text input I can interact with it (check value, set value) etc as its a DOM component. But If I have a File Input element, I am guessing that…
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How to run google chrome headless in docker?
My problem is how to run google chrome in docker container for e2e testing.
I create a Dockerfile from official Jenkins image, but when try to run google chrome, it crashes and show the error:
Failed to move to new namespace: PID namespaces…
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Can protractor be made to run slowly?
Is there a way to run a Angular E2E test written using protractor slowly so that I can watch what is happening?
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Use element by css to check if element exists in Protractor
In a protractor end to end test, I want to check if an element exist using element(by.css(...)), my code:
var myElement = element(by.css('.elementClass'));
expect(myElement).toBeUndefined;
This test fails, it says:
Expected { locator_ : { using…
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Integrating Protractor with Yeoman via Grunt
I want to integrate Protractor with a scaffold produced by Yeoman. I followed a tutorial and therein, the older scenario-runner was used for setting up e2e testing (via grunt).
I would like to upgrade my scaffold and use Protractor instead.
Any…
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What is a proper way of end-to-end (e2e) testing in Vue.js
Of cause I can use selenium-standalone with xpath to test an app. But testing SPA could be challenging sometime.
But, for example angularjs's team provides protractor for this purpose.
The reason behind protractor as I can see is that protractor…
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Cypress: How to know if element is visible or not in using If condition?
I want to know if an element is visible or not. I am not sure how to do that.
I know that we can run this:
cy.get('selector').should('be.visible')
But if element is invisible then test is failed. So I just want a boolean value if element is not…
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Should e2e tests persist data in real databases?
I've been reading a lot about e2e testing and one thing I cannot understand is how "real" should e2e tests be.
Regardless of the tools I use for the e2e tests, I've seen that most of the time they hit either local, development or alpha…
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Cypress test: is .contains() equivalent to should('contain')?
Is this: cy.get('[name=planSelect]').contains(dummyPlan)
equivalent to this: cy.get('[name=planSelect]').should('contain', dummyPlan)
And if so, which is preferred? The first is more of an implicit assertion, but it's shorter and cleaner to my…
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cy.url() and/or cy.location('href') does not return a string
I have an editor page. When I add any content and click the "Save" button my URL will change, adding a random id in the URL. I want to check if my ID's are changing every time when I click the "Save button".
I save the URL result in variable and…
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Can I access parameters in my protractor configuration file?
I start my protractor tests by running the following:
protractor protractor.conf.js --params.baseUrl=http://www.google.com --suite all
I would like to run a 'before launch' function which is dependant of one parameter (in this case, the baseUrl).…
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