How to save data in variables and reuse it in other block in Cypress?

Question

If it possible in Cypress.io to save data in variables and reuse it in other block For example, I have a special name of device. I want to recieve this data and after clicking on it, check if title in new window contains that special name of device

I know how it make with static name, but I try to create dunamic autotest and I wanted to know if it possible

Answer 1

I have a feeling there is already an answer to this, but could not find one that is generally applicable.

Maybe a good approach is to use cypress-data-session. There is a lot of documentation but here is a sample usage:

beforeEach(() => {
  // let's say you want to set up the value "A"
  cy.dataSession(
    'A', // data name
    () => 'a', // data creation commands
    (x) => x === 'a', // data validation function
  )
})

it('has object A', () => {
  expect(Cypress.getDataSession('A')).to.equal('a')
})

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Another option I have seen is using the Cypress environment as a data store.

// setting
Cypress.env('my-value', variable)

// retrieving
const myValue = Cypress.env('my-value')

The downside IMO is - it's not elegant to use Cypress.env() everywhere, and it can lose the values if Cypress browser resets.

Answer 2

Just put a const/var/let infront of all your test on the top and give it no value. in your test u can just give it an value and use it elsewhere in another test For example like this

var underlinedText

it("test", () => {
    cy.get('div>u').then(($btn) => {
        underlinedText = $btn.text();
    })
})

it("also test", () => {
    cy.get('div>a').should('contain', underlinedText);
})