In Cypress, set a token in localStorage before test
I want to login and set a localStorage token on the client (specifically jwt ) How can I accomplish this using cy.request , as suggested in the Cypress Documentation? Here's an example of adding a command cy.login() that you can use in any Cypress test, or put in a beforeEach hook. Cypress.Commands.add('login', () => { cy.request({ method: 'POST', url: 'http://localhost:3000/api/users/login', body: { user: { email: 'jake@jake.jake', password: 'jakejake', } } }) .then((resp) => { window.localStorage.setItem('jwt', resp.body.user.token) }) }) Then in your test: beforeEach(() => { cy.login() }) I