0.18.1

Released 12/11/2016

Notes:

• There is a new recipe showcasing these new features.
• We are adding several other recipes to show examples of all the ways you can use cy.request() to improve your tests.

Features:

• cy.request() can now have its automatic redirect following turned off by passing {followRedirect: false}. Fixes #308.
• cy.request() now has a qs option that automatically appends query params to the url property. Fixes #321.
• cy.request() now follows redirects exactly like a real browser. Previously if you POSTed to an endpoint and it redirected to a GET then cy.request() would not follow it due to the method changing. It now follows method changing redirects by default. Fixes #322.
• cy.request() now accepts the form option which will convert the body values to urlencoded content and automatically set the x-www-form-urlencoded header. This means you can now use cy.request() to bypass your UI and login with standard form values. Fixes #319.
• When cy.request() fails, it now outputs the full request / response information. This behaves more similar to cy.visit() failures. Fixes #324.
• cy.request() now prints all of the underlying HTTP request / response information into the Dev Tools' console (when clicking on the Command Log). This means that you will see everything you would normally see from the Network tab as if the request were made from the browser. We even print redirect information. Fixes #325.

Bugfixes:

• Cypress' internal babel will no longer attempt to load your project's .babelrc. This helps avoid potential version conflicts. Fixes #312.
• We no longer watch the supportFile while running cypress run. Fixes #329.
• watchForFileChanges is now correctly respected in regards to watching all files, including the supportFile. Fixes #336.
• There is no longer an error when scaffolding a new Cypress project. Fixes #326.
• The Runner UI no longer appears to be "running" when there is a spec bundle error in the supportFile.
• Cypress now correctly exits during cypress run in linux when the browser fails to connect. Fixes #333.
• Cypress now correctly exits during cypress run in linux when there is a spec bundle error. Fixes #337.
• Cypress now retries up to 3 times for the browser to connect during cypress run. The warning / error messages were also updated to be clearer. Partially addresses #334.

Misc:

• Deprecated failOnStatus property for cy.request() and renamed to failOnStatusCode. Fixes #323.
• Removed the cookies option from cy.request() because cookies are now always get/set on requests. This option really never made any sense to have. Fixes #320.
• Better data reporting when recording builds in CI.
• We now collect "global" errors that may prevent any tests from running. We will be displaying these in our future CI platform.