Alternative to using fixtures

wlsf82 · Sep 13, 2021 · f8925db · f8925db
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
 cypress.env.json
-cypress/fixtures/stories.json
 cypress/screenshots/
 cypress/videos/
 node_modules/
diff --git a/cypress.json b/cypress.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
   "baseUrl": "https://wlsf82-hacker-stories.web.app/",
+  "fixturesFolder": false,
   "pluginsFile": false
 }
diff --git a/cypress/fixtures/example.json b/cypress/fixtures/example.json
diff --git a/cypress/integration/hackerStories.spec.js b/cypress/integration/hackerStories.spec.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 describe('Hacker Stories', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.generateFixture()
+    cy.generateNStories(20).then(stories => {
+      cy.intercept(
+        'GET',
+        '**/search?query=React&page=0',
+        { body: stories }
+      ).as('getStories')
 
-    cy.intercept(
-      'GET',
-      '**/search?query=React&page=0',
-      { fixture: 'stories' }
-    ).as('getStories')
-
-    cy.visit('/')
-    cy.wait('@getStories')
+      cy.visit('/')
+      cy.wait('@getStories')
+    })
   })
   it('renders 20 stories, then 19 when dismissing one', () => {
     cy.get('.item').should('have.length', 20)

diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Cypress.Commands.add('generateFixture', () => {
+Cypress.Commands.add('generateNStories', n => {
   const faker = require('faker')
 
-  cy.writeFile('cypress/fixtures/stories.json', {
-    'hits': Cypress._.times(20, () => {
+  return {
+    'hits': Cypress._.times(n, () => {
       return {
         'title': `${faker.lorem.words(3)}`,
         'url': `${faker.internet.url()}`,
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('generateFixture', () => {
         'objectID': `${faker.datatype.uuid()}`,
       }
     })
-  })
+  }
 })