Cypress Tutorial For Beginners : Part 2 ( Upload a File )
In this video cypress tutorial for beginners, We are going to learn how to upload a file in cypress and create our first script to test to upload a file and check that file is uploaded successfully.
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Cypress Upload File
You need to install
- Download the node module : npm i cypress-file-upload
2. Require it in your script
import 'cypress-file-upload';
3. Now use the Fixture method to upload the file.
const fileName = 'data.json';
cy.fixture(fileName).then(fileContent => {
cy.get('[data-cy="file-input"]').upload({ fileContent, fileName, mimeType: 'application/json' });
});
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Thank you! It was very helpful
it was helpful but facing issue in cypress-file -upload command when we are running it on jenkins there is any method that we can use ?
Hey!
How can I upload a (.side) file?
How to pass all parameters with blob(images,auio.etc) in cypress API testing