cypress-network-idle

cypress-network-idle

A little Cypress.io plugin for waiting for network to be idle before continuing with the test

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Install

# install using NPM
npm i -D cypress-network-idle
# install using Yarn
yarn add -D cypress-network-idle

Import or require this plugin from the support file or from the spec file

import 'cypress-network-idle'

Use

Wait for two seconds to pass without any network calls (Ajax, static resources)

cy.waitForNetworkIdle(2000)

Wait one second without any calls to /v1/api endpoint

cy.waitForNetworkIdle('/v1/api', 1000)

Wait for 5 seconds without any POST calls to /graphql endpoint

cy.waitForNetworkIdle('POST', '/graphql', 5000)

Yields

The command yields an object with a few timestamps and the number of network calls. See the src/index.d.ts for precise fields

cy.waitForNetworkIdle(2000)
  // check how long the command waited
  .its('waited')
  // it should have waited for at least 2 seconds
  // but could be up to 3 seconds if the app
  // made a call one second after the start
  .should('be.within', 2000, 3000)

Types

This plugin includes the TypeScript types, import them from your JavaScript files using the reference types comment or via TS config.

/// <reference types="cypress-network-idle" />

Small print

Author: Gleb Bahmutov <[e-mail]> © 2021

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License: MIT - do anything with the code, but don't blame me if it does not work.

Support: if you find any problems with this module, email / tweet / open issue on Github

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2021 Gleb Bahmutov <[e-mail]>

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