Cypress get command examples

The querying behavior of this command matches exactly how $(…) works in jQuery.

Get the input element

cy.get('input').should('be.disabled')

Find the first li descendent within a ul

cy.get('ul li:first').should('have.class', 'active')

Find the dropdown-menu and click it

cy.get('.dropdown-menu').click()

Find 5 elements with the given data attribute

cy.get('[data-test-id="test-example"]').should('have.length', 5)

Find the link with an href attribute containing the word “questions” and click it

cy.get('a[href*="questions"]').click()

Since cy.get() is chained off of cy, it always looks for the selector within the entire document. The only exception is when used inside a .within() command.

Find input & textarea elements inside a form element

cy.get('form').within(() => {
  cy.get('input').type('Pamela') // Only yield inputs within form
  cy.get('textarea').type('is a developer') // Only yield textareas within form
})

Get the aliased ‘todos’ elements

cy.get('ul#todos').as('todos')

//...hack hack hack...

//later retrieve the todos
cy.get('@todos')

Get the aliased ‘submitBtn’ element

beforeEach(function() {
  cy.get('button[type=submit]').as('submitBtn')
})

it('disables on click', function() {
  cy.get('@submitBtn').should('be.disabled')
})

Get the aliased ‘users’ fixture

beforeEach(function() {
  cy.fixture('users.json').as('users')
})

it('disables on click', function() {
  // access the array of users
  cy.get('@users').then((users) => {
    // get the first user
    const user = users[0]

    cy.get('header').contains(user.name)
  })
})

Get an input and assert on the value

cy.get('input[name="firstName"]').should('have.value', 'Homer')