it("JSON body", () => {
cy.request("GET", "/api/greet", { first: "Dillon" }).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("Hello Dillon");
});
});
it("JSON body with content-type metadata", () => {
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/greet",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json; charset=utf-8" },
body: JSON.stringify({ first: "Dillon" }),
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("Hello Dillon");
});
});
it("form post", () => {
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/greet",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" },
body: new URLSearchParams({ first: "Dillon" }).toString(),
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("Hello Dillon");
});
});
it("query param", () => {
cy.request({
method: "GET",
url: "/api/greet?first=QueryParam",
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("Hello QueryParam");
});
});
it("expect query param when none present", () => {
cy.request({
method: "GET",
url: "/api/greet",
failOnStatusCode: false,
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(400);
expect(res.body).to.include(
'Expected query param "first", but there were no query params.'
);
});
});
it("missing expected query param", () => {
cy.request({
method: "GET",
url: "/api/greet?name=Jane",
failOnStatusCode: false,
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(400);
expect(res.body).to.include('Missing query param "first"');
});
});
it("multi-part form post", () => {
const formData = new FormData();
formData.set("first", "Multipart");
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/greet",
body: formData,
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(Cypress.Blob.arrayBufferToBinaryString(res.body)).to.eq(
"Hello Multipart"
);
});
});
it("decodes xml", () => {
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/xml",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/xml" },
body: `
SomeString
`,
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("SomeString");
});
});
it("accepts xml content-type with extra whitespace and params", () => {
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/xml",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/xml ; charset=utf-8" },
body: `
SomeString
`,
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("SomeString");
});
});
it("gives an error when there is no content-type header", () => {
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/xml",
headers: {},
body: `
SomeString
`,
failOnStatusCode: false,
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(400);
expect(res.body).to.eq(
"Expected content-type `application/xml` but there was no content-type header."
);
});
});
it("handles XML body", () => {
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/multiple-content-types",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/xml ; charset=utf-8" },
body: `
SomeString
`,
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("SomeString");
});
});
it("handles JSON body", () => {
cy.request({
method: "POST",
url: "/api/multiple-content-types",
body: { path: { to: { string: { value: "SomeString" } } } },
}).then((res) => {
expect(res.headers["content-type"]).to.eq("text/plain");
expect(res.status).to.eq(200);
expect(res.body).to.eq("SomeString");
});
});