cypress/docs/source/api/commands/route.md

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Use cy.route to manage the behavior of network requests.

{% note info New to Cypress? %} Read about Network Requests first. {% endnote %}

Syntax

cy.route(url)
cy.route(url, response)
cy.route(method, url)
cy.route(method, url, response)
cy.route(function() {})
cy.route(options)

Usage

cy.route() cannot be chained off any other cy commands, so should be chained off of cy for clarity.

{% fa fa-check-circle green %} Valid Usage

cy.route('/users/**')    

Arguments

{% fa fa-angle-right %} url (String, Glob, RegExp)

Set a route matching the specific url which is not stubbed but can be waited on later.

{% fa fa-angle-right %} response (String, Object)

Supply a response body to stub in the matching route.

{% fa fa-angle-right %} method (String)

Match the route to a specific method (GET, POST, PUT...). If no method is defined, Cypress will match GET requests by default.

{% fa fa-angle-right %} function (Function)

Set a route by returning an object literal from a callback function.

Functions which return a promise will automatically be awaited.

{% fa fa-angle-right %} options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of cy.route. By default cy.route inherits its options from cy.server.

Option	Default	Notes
method	GET	method to match against requests
url	null	string or RegExp url to match against request urls
response	null	response body when stubbing routes
status	200	response status code when stubbing routes
delay	0	delay for stubbed responses (in ms)
headers	null	response headers for stubbed routes
force404	false	forcibly send XHR's a 404 status when the XHR's do not match any existing cy.routes
onRequest	null	callback function when a request is sent
onResponse	null	callback function when a response is returned
onAbort	null	callback function which fires anytime an XHR is aborted

You can also set options for all cy.wait requestTimeout and responseTimeout globally in configuration to control how long to wait for the request and response of a supplied route.

Yields

Timeout

Examples

Non-stubbed requests

If you do not pass a response to a route, Cypress will pass this request through without stubbing it. We can still wait for the request to resolve later.

Wait on XHR request matching url

cy
  .server()
  .route('/users/**').as('getUsers')
  .visit('/users')
  .wait('@getUsers')

Wait on XHR's matching method and url

cy
  .server()
  .route('POST', /users/).as('postUser')
  .visit('/users')
  .get('#first-name').type('Julius{enter}')
  .wait('@postUser')

{% note info Setup route to POST to login %} Check out our example recipe using cy.route to POST for login {% endnote %}

Wait on url matching glob

Under the hood Cypress uses minimatch to match glob patterns of url.

This means you can take advantage of * and ** support. This makes it much easier to route against dynamic segments without having to build up a complex RegExp.

We expose Cypress.minimatch as a function that you can use in your console to test routes.

Match route against any UserId

// /users/123/comments     <-- matches
// /users/123/comments/465 <-- not matches
cy
  .server()
  .route('/users/*/comments')

Use glob to match all segments

// /posts/1            <-- matches
// /posts/foo/bar/baz  <-- matches
// /posts/quuz?a=b&1=2 <-- matches
cy
  .server()
  .route('/posts/**')

Override url glob matching options

When we check glob patterns with minimatch, by default we use { matchBase: true }.

You can override these options in cy.server options.

If you'd like to permanently override these options you could do so by setting Cypress.Server.defaults(...).

cy
  .server({
    urlMatchingOptions: { matchBase: false, dot: true }
  })
  .route(...)

Stubbed requests

If you do pass a response to a route, Cypress will stub the response in the request.

url as a string

When passing a string as the url, the XHR's URL must match exactly what you've written.

cy
  .server()
  .route('/users', [{id: 1, name: 'Pat'}])

url as a RegExp

When passing a RegExp as the url, the XHR's url will be tested against the regular expression and will apply if it passes.

cy
  .server()
  .route(/users\/\d+/, {id: 1, name: 'Phoebe'})

// Application Code

$.get('/users/1337', function(data){
  console.log(data) // => {id: 1, name: "Phoebe"}
})

Response Functions

You can also use a function as a response which enables you to add logic surrounding the response.

Functions which return promises will automatically be awaited.

var commentsResponse = function(routeData){
  //routeData is a reference to the current route's information

  return {
    data: someOtherFunction(routeData)
  }
}

cy.route('POST', '/comments/**', commentsResponse)

Matching requests and routes

Any request that matches the method and url of a route will be responded to based on the configuration of that route.

If a request doesn't match any route, it will automatically receive a 404. For example, given we have the following routes:

cy
  .server()
  .route(/users/, [
    {id: 19, name: 'Laura'},
    {id: 20, name: 'Jamie'}
  ])
  .route('POST', /messages/, {id: 123, message: 'Hi There!'})
  .get('form').submit()

// Application Code

// when our form is submitted
$('form').submit(function(){
  // send an AJAX to: GET /users
  $.get('/users' )

  // send an AJAX to: POST /messages
  $.post('/messages', {some: 'data'})

  // send an AJAX to: GET /updates
  $.get('/updates')
})

The above application code will issue 3 AJAX requests:

1. The GET /users will match our 1st route and respond with a 200 status code and the array of users.
2. The POST /messages will match our 2nd route and respond with a 200 status code with the message object.
3. The GET /updates did not match any routes and its response automatically sent back a 404 status code with an empty response body.

Specify the method

The below example matches all DELETE requests to "/users" and stubs a response with an empty JSON object.

cy
  .server()
  .route('DELETE', '/users', {})

Using Fixtures as Responses

Instead of writing a response inline you can automatically connect a response with a fixture.

cy
  .server()
  .route('/posts/*', 'fixture:logo.png').as('getLogo')
  .route('/users/*', 'fixture:users/all.json').as('getUsers')
  .route('/admin/*', 'fixtures:users/admin.json').as('getAdmin')

You may want to define the cy.route() after receiving the fixture and working with it's data.

cy
  .fixture('user').then(function(user){
    user.firstName = 'Jane'
    // work with the users array here

    cy.route('GET', 'user/123', user)
  })
  .visit('/users')
  .get('.user').should('include', 'Jane')

You can also reference fixtures as strings directly in the response by passing the fixture string with an @ just like how aliases work.

cy
  .fixture('user').as('fxUser')
  .route('POST', '/users/*', '@fxUser')

Options

Pass in an options object

cy
  .server()
  .route({
    method: 'DELETE',
    url: '/user/*',
    status: 412,
    response: {
      rolesCount: 2
    },
    delay: 500,
    headers: {
      'X-Token': null
    },
    onRequest: function(xhr) {
      // do something with the
      // raw XHR object when the
      // request initially goes out
    },
    onResponse: function(xhr) {
      // do something with the
      // raw XHR object when the
      // response comes back
    }
  })

Simulate a server redirect

Below we simulate the server returning 503 with a stubbed empty JSON response body.

cy
  .route({
    method: 'POST',
    url: '/login',
    response: {
      // simulate a redirect to another page
      redirect: '/error'
    }
  })

{% note info Setup route to error on POST to login %} Check out our example recipe using cy.route to simulate a 503 on POST to login {% endnote %}

Change headers

By default, Cypress will automatically set Content-Type and Content-Length based on what your response body looks like.

If you'd like to override this, explicitly pass in headers as an object literal.

cy.route({
  url: 'image.png',
  response: 'fx:logo.png,binary' // binary encoding
  headers: {
    // set content-type headers
    'content-type': 'binary/octet-stream'
  }
})

Using delays for route responses

You can pass in a delay option that causes a delay (in ms) to the response for matched requests. The example below will cause the response to be delayed by 3 secs.

cy.route({
  method: 'PATCH',
  url: '/activities/*',
  response: {},
  delay: 3000
})

Function

Set the routing options by a callback function

cy.route(function(){
  // ...do some custom logic here..

  // and return an appropriate routing object here
  return {
    method: 'POST',
    url: '/users/*/comments',
    response: this.commentsFixture
  }
})

Functions that return promises are awaited

cy.route(function(){
  // a silly example of async return
  return new Cypress.Promise(function(resolve){
    // resolve this promise after 1 second
    setTimeout(function(){
      resolve({
        method: 'PUT'
        url: '/posts/**'
        response: '@postFixture'
      })
    }, 1000)
  })
})

Notes

Understanding Stubbed vs Regular XHR's

Cypress indicates whether an XHR sent back a stubbed response or actually went out to a server in it's Command Log

XHR's that display (XHR STUB) in the Command Log have been stubbed and their response, status, headers, and delay have been controlled by your matching cy.route.

XHR's that display (XHR) in the Command Log have not been stubbed and were passed directly through to a server.

Cypress also logs whether the XHR was stubbed or not to the console when you click on the command in the Command Log. It will indicate whether a request was stubbed, which url it matched or that it did not match any routes.

Even the Initiator is included, which is a stack trace to what caused the XHR to be sent.

Matching origins and non origin URL's

When Cypress matches up an outgoing XHR request to a cy.route, it actually attempts to match it against both the fully qualified URL and then additionally without the URL's origin.

cy.route('/users/*')

The following XHR's which were xhr.open(...) with these URLs would:

Match

• /users/1
• http://localhost:2020/users/2
• https://google.com/users/3

Not Match

• /users/4/foo
• http://localhost:2020/users/5/foo

Requests that don't match any routes

You can force routes that do not match a route to return 404:

Status	Body	Headers
404	""	null

If you'd like to enable this behavior you need to pass:

cy.server({force404: true})

You can read more about this here.

Command Log

cy
  .server()
  .route(/accounts/).as('accountsGet')
  .route(/company/, 'fixtures:company').as('companyGet')
  .route(/teams/,   'fixtures:teams').as('teamsGet')

Whenever you start a server and add routes, Cypress will display a new Instrument Log called Routes. It will list the routing table in the Instrument Log, including the method, url, stubbed, alias and number of matched requests:

When XHR's are made, Cypress will log them in the Command Log and indicate whether they matched a routing alias:

When clicking on XHR Stub within the Command Log, the console outputs the following:

See also

• Guide: Network Requests
• Recipe: Loggin in - XHR Web Form
• server
• wait
• as
• fixture