Check request body using cy.route2()

[Cesaario]

Current behavior

When I use cy.wait('@test') to check the request that was mocked using cy.route2(), it does not contain a request body.

Desired behavior

I expected a behavior similar to the one using cy.route().

Test code to reproduce

/// <reference types="cypress"/>

describe('Patch Test', () => {
  before(() => {
    cy.visit('https://www.test-cors.org/');
  })

  const method = 'POST';

  it('Using cy.route2()', () => {
    cy.route2(method, '**', {}).as('Route2');

    cy.get('#client_method').select(method);
    cy.get('#client_postdata').type("test");
    cy.get('#btnSendRequest').click();

    cy.wait('@Route2').then(req => {
      console.log(req);
      cy.wrap(req.request).its('body').should('contain', 'test');
    })
  })
  it('Using cy.route()', () => {
    cy.server();
    cy.route(method, '**', {}).as('Route');

    cy.get('#client_method').select(method);
    cy.get('#client_postdata').type("test");
    cy.get('#btnSendRequest').click();

    cy.wait('@Route').then(req => {
      console.log(req);
      cy.wrap(req.request).its('body').should('contain', 'test');
    })
  })
})

Versions

Cypress 5.3.0
Windows 10
Chrome 85

[flotwig]

Thanks for reporting this @Cesaario. This appears to be the "request" counterpart to the unexpected behavior reported here: #8536

As a workaround, you can intercept the request on the browser-side. This will cause the request body to be sent to the browser.

  it('Using cy.route2()', () => {
    // stub via request interceptor to get body sent to driver
    cy.route2(method, '**', (req) => { req.reply({}) }).as('Route2');

    cy.get('#client_method').select(method);
    cy.get('#client_postdata').type("test");
    cy.get('#btnSendRequest').click();

    cy.wait('@Route2').then(req => {
      console.log(req);
      cy.wrap(req.request).its('body').should('contain', 'test');
    })
  })

[cypress-bot]

The code for this is done in cypress-io/cypress#8739, but has yet to be released.
We'll update this issue and reference the changelog when it's released.

[jennifer-shehane]

Released in 5.4.0.

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