Cypress IndexedDB helpers are a set of custom cypress commands that helps you handle indexedDB related operations in your Cypress tests.
It supports:
✅ Creating new IndexedDB databases and Object Stores
✅ Making CRUD operations on the above-mentioned stores
✅ Read data out of indexedDB and assert the results
With Cypress versions above 12.6.0:
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Install the package:
npm install @this-dot/cypress-indexeddb
or
yarn add @this-dot/cypress-indexeddb
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Import the plugin in your
cypress/support/commands.js
orcypress/support/commands.ts
file:import '@this-dot/cypress-indexeddb';
Please note, that cypress introduced the Cypress.Commands.overwriteQuery
command in 12.6.0, therefore, cypress versions 12.0.0 to 12.5.x are not supported by this library.
With Cypress versions below 12.0.0:
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Install the 1.2.1 version of the package:
npm install @this-dot/[email protected]
or
yarn add @this-dot/[email protected]
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Import the plugin in your
cypress/support/commands.js
orcypress/support/commands.ts
file:import '@this-dot/cypress-indexeddb';
In order to make your tests reliable, before every test it is recommended to clear the existing database. You can do it by using the cy.clearIndexedDb('databaseName')
command.
beforeEach(() => {
cy.clearIndexedDb('EXAMPLE_DATABASE');
// ...
cy.visit('/');
});
In order to create an object store, first, you need to initiate a database connection by calling the cy.openIndexedDb('databaseName')
command and use the as
chainer to store it with an alias.
cy.openIndexedDb('EXAMPLE_DATABASE').as('database');
The openIndexedDb
command supports providing a database version number optionally
cy.openIndexedDb('EXAMPLE_DATABASE', 12) // initiate with database version 12
.as('database');
You can access the aliased database with the getIndexedDb('@yourAlias')
command.
You can chain off the createObjectStore('storeName')
method from methods that yield an IDBDatabase
instance (openIndexedDb
or getIndexedDb
). You can use the as
chainer to save the store using an alias.
cy.getIndexedDb('@database').createObjectStore('example_store').as('exampleStore');
You can also pass an optional options parameter to configure your object store. For example, you can create an object store with autoIncrement
with the following command:
cy.getIndexedDb('@database')
.createObjectStore('example_autoincrement_store', { autoIncrement: true })
.as('exampleAutoincrementStore');
You can retrieve the saved object store using the cy.getStore('@exampleStore')
;
You can chain off CRUD operation methods from methods that yield an IDBObjectStore
instance (createObjectStore
or getStore
).
The createItem
, updateItem
and the deleteItem
methods yield the store, therefore, you can chain these methods to save multiple entries into the target Object Store.
cy.getStore('@exampleStore')
.createItem('example', { test: 'test' }) // creates the 'example' key and saves the second parameter as the value.
.updateItem('example', { test: 'replace' }) // updates the 'example' key's value with the second parameter.
.deleteItem('example') // deletes the 'example' key
.createItem('example2', ['testValue', 'testValue2'])
.createItem('example3', { exampleKey: 1337 });
The readItem
method yields the value of the provided key, or undefined if it does not exist. You can chain assertions from this method. If you use TypeScript, you can set the type of the returned value.
cy.getStore('@exampleStore').readItem<string[]>('example2').should('have.length', 2);
cy.getStore('@exampleStore')
.readItem<number>('example3')
.should('have.property', 'exampleKey', 1337);
When you need to manipulate or assert data stored in an Object Store, that was set up with { autoIncrement: true }
, you have the following commands at your disposal: addItem
, keys
and entries
.
The addItem
method stores the provided value into the Object Store at a new index
cy.getStore('@exampleAutoincrementStore').addItem('test').addItem({ test: 'object' }).addItem(1337);
The keys
method returns an IDBValidKey[]
. You can assert the results using the .should()
method.
cy.getStore('@exampleAutoincrementStore')
.keys()
.should('have.length', 3)
.and('deep.equal', [1, 2, 3]);
The entries
method returns all the values that are stored in order. You can assert the results using the .should()
method.
cy.getStore('@exampleAutoincrementStore')
.entries()
.should('have.length', 3)
.and('deep.equal', ['test', { test: 'object' }, 1337]);
Feel free to check our cypress tests in our git repository for some examples.