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Cypress can act upon jQuery objects and their methods along with its internal commands. While Cypress uses the get method to identify a web element, JQuery uses the $() method for the same purpose.

In Cypress, the command for identifying a web element is as follows −

cy.get('h1#heading')

Whereas in the case of jQuery, the command for identification of a web element is as follows −

$('h1#heading')

Cypress is based on JavaScript which is of asynchronous nature. However, Cypress commands behave synchronously by resolving the Promise internally, which is hidden from the end-user.

Nevertheless, when Cypress acts upon jQuery objects and their methods, the Promise logic has to be implemented specifically, to make flow synchronous (with the help of the method then).

For instance, while we want to extract the text content of a web element (with jQuery method – text), we require to implement Promise with the then method.

Promise Implementation in jQuery

Following is the command for the Promise Cypress implementation in jQuery −

// test suite

describe('Adglob', function () {

// it function to identify test

   it('Scenario 1', function (){

      // test step to launch a URL

      cy.visit("https://accounts.google.com")

      // Promise implementation with then()

      cy.get('h1#headingText').find('span').then(function(e){

         //method text to obtain text content

         const t = e.text()

         expect(t).to.contains('Sign')

      })

   })

})

In jQuery, an empty collection is returned, if the locator which is provided, does not match with any of the web elements in DOM.

In order to avoid exceptions, it is recommended to verify the length of the jQuery collection yielded by $(). The command for the same is as follows −

const e = $('#txt')

if (e.length > 0){

   //proceed

}

However, in case, there are no matching web elements in DOM, the Cypress automatically goes to the retry mode till the element is available or there is a timeout, as shown below −

cy.get('#txt')

   .then((e) => { //proceed working on element })

The method yields a Promise. Also, the Promise shall be in resolved mode, only if a web element is matched with the locator. If the Promise is in a reject state, the logic within the then block will never be executed.

We can access jQuery methods in Cypress, with the following expression −

Cypress.$( '#txt'), where #txt is the locator.

Implementation of jQuery methods

Given below is a command for the identification and execution of the test in Cypress with jQuery −

// test suite

describe('Adglob', function () {

// it function to identify test

   it('Scenario 1', function (){

      // test step to launch a URL

      cy.visit("https://accounts.google.com")

      // access web element with Cypress.$

      cy.request('/').get('h1#headingText').then(function(e){

         Cypress.$(e).find('span')

         const t = e.text()

         cy.log(t)

      })

   })

})

As the above test is executed, if we open the Console (pressing F12), and find for the required web element, with the expression Cypress.$ (‘h1#headingText’).text(), we can verify our test.

The log message – Sign –in is obtained from the cy.log command in Cypress.