Main Repo can be found here: https://github.com/shakacode/cypress-on-rails

Gem for using cypress.io in Rails and ruby rack applications with the goal of controlling State as mentioned in Cypress Best Practices

It allows to run code in the application context when executing cypress tests. Do things like:

• use database_cleaner before each test
• seed the database with default data for each test
• use factory_bot to setup data
• create scenario files used for specific tests

Has examples of setting up state with:

• factory_bot
• rails test fixtures
• scenarios
• custom commands

This gem is based off https://github.com/konvenit/cypress-on-rails

Video of getting started with this gem https://grant-ps.blog/2018/08/10/getting-started-with-cypress-io-and-ruby-on-rails/

Add this to your Gemfile:

group :test, :development do gem 'cypress-on-rails', '~> 1.0' end 

The generate the boilerplate code using:

bin/rails g cypress_dev:install # if you have/want a different cypress folder (default is spec/cypress) bin/rails g cypress_dev:install --cypress_folder=test/cypress # if you want to install cypress with npm bin/rails g cypress_dev:install --install_cypress_with=npm 

The generator adds the following files/directory to your application:

• config/initializers/cypress_dev used to configure CypressDev
• spec/cypress/integrations/ contains your cypress tests
• spec/cypress/support/on-rails.js contains CypressDev support code
• spec/cypress/app_commands/scenarios/ contains your CypressDev scenario definitions
• spec/cypress/cypress_helper.rb contains helper code for CypressDev app commands

if you are not using database_cleaner look at spec/cypress/app_commands/clean_db.rb. if you are not using factory_bot look at spec/cypress/app_commands/factory_bot.rb.

Now you can create scenarios and commands that are plan ruby files that get loaded through middleware, the ruby sky is your limit.

WARNING!!: cypress-on-rails can execute arbitrary ruby code Please use with extra caution if starting your local server on 0.0.0.0 or running the gem on a hosted server

Start the rails server in test mode and start cypress

# start rails RAILS_ENV=test bin/rake db:create db:schema:load bin/rails server -e test -p 5002 # in separate window start cypress yarn cypress open --project ./spec 

You can run your factory_bot directly as well

# spec/cypress/app_commands/factory_bot.rb require 'cypress_dev/smart_factory_wrapper' CypressDev::SmartFactoryWrapper.configure( always_reload: !Rails.configuration.cache_classes, factory: FactoryBot, files: Dir['./spec/factories/**/*.rb'] ) 

// spec/cypress/integrations/simple_spec.js describe('My First Test', function() { it('visit root', function() { // This calls to the backend to prepare the application state cy.appFactories([ ['create_list', 'post', 10], ['create', 'post', {title: 'Hello World'} ] ]) // Visit the application under test cy.visit('/') cy.contains("Hello World") }) })

# spec/cypress/app_commands/activerecord_fixtures.rb require "active_record/fixtures" fixtures_dir = ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.fixtures_path fixture_files = Dir["#{fixtures_dir}/**/*.yml"].map { |f| f[(fixtures_dir.size + 1)..-5] } logger.debug "loading fixtures: { dir: #{fixtures_dir}, files: #{fixture_files} }" ActiveRecord::FixtureSet.reset_cache ActiveRecord::FixtureSet.create_fixtures(fixtures_dir, fixture_files)

// spec/cypress/integrations/simple_spec.js describe('My First Test', function() { it('visit root', function() { // This calls to the backend to prepare the application state cy.appFixtures() // Visit the application under test cy.visit('/') cy.contains("Hello World") }) })

Scenarios are named before blocks that you can reference in your test.

You define a scenario in the spec/cypress/app_commands/scenarios directory:

# spec/cypress/app_commands/scenarios/basic.rb Profile.create name: "Cypress Hill" # or if you have factory_bot enabled in your cypress_helper CypressDev::SmartFactoryWrapper.create(:profile, name: "Cypress Hill") 

Then reference the scenario in your test:

// spec/cypress/integrations/scenario_example_spec.js describe('My First Test', function() { it('visit root', function() { // This calls to the backend to prepare the application state cy.appScenario('basic') cy.visit('/profiles') cy.contains("Cypress Hill") }) })

create a ruby file in spec/cypress/app_commands directory:

# spec/cypress/app_commands/load_seed.rb  load "#{Rails.root}/db/seeds.rb" 

Then reference the command in your test with cy.app('load_seed'):

// spec/cypress/integrations/simple_spec.js describe('My First Test', function() { beforeEach(() => { cy.app('load_seed') }) it('visit root', function() { cy.visit('/') cy.contains("Seeds") }) })

Add CypressDev to your config.ru

# an example config.ru require File.expand_path('my_app', File.dirname(__FILE__)) require 'cypress_dev/middleware' CypressDev.configure do |c| c.cypress_folder = File.expand_path("#{__dir__}/test/cypress") end use CypressDev::Middleware run MyApp 

add the following file to cypress

// test/cypress/support/on-rails.js // CypressDev: dont remove these command Cypress.Commands.add('appCommands', function (body) { cy.request({ method: 'POST', url: "/__cypress__/command", body: JSON.stringify(body), log: true, failOnStatusCode: true }) }); Cypress.Commands.add('app', function (name, command_options) { cy.appCommands({name: name, options: command_options}) }); Cypress.Commands.add('appScenario', function (name) { cy.app('scenarios/' + name) }); Cypress.Commands.add('appFactories', function (options) { cy.app('factory_bot', options) }); // CypressDev: end // The next is optional beforeEach(() => { cy.app('clean') // have a look at cypress/app_commands/clean.rb });

1. Fork it ( https://github.com/[my-github-username]/cypress-on-rails/fork )
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create a new Pull Request