Get a property’s value on the previously yielded subject.
If you want to call a
functionon the previously yielded subject, use.invoke().
Syntax
.its(propertyName)
Usage
Correct Usage
cy.wrap({ width: '50' }).its('width') // Get the 'width' property
cy.window().its('sessionStorage') // Get the 'sessionStorage' property
Incorrect Usage
cy.its('window') // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.clearCookies().its('length') // Errors, 'clearCookies' does not yield Object
Arguments
propertyName (String)
Name of property or nested properties (with dot notation) to get.
Yields
.its()yields the value of the property.
Examples
Plain Objects
Get property
cy.wrap({ age: 52 }).its('age').should('eq', 52) // true
DOM Elements
Get the length property of a DOM element
cy
.get('ul li') // this yields us a jquery object
.its('length') // calls 'length' property returning that value
.should('be.gt', 2) // ensure the length is greater than 2
})
Requests
Get the user object of the response’s body
cy
.request(...)
.its('body.user')
.then(user => ...)
alternatively, use destructuring
cy
.request(...)
.its('body')
.then(({user}) => ...)
Strings
Get length of title
cy.title().its('length').should('eq', 24)
Functions
Get function as property
const fn = () => {
return 42
}
cy.wrap({ getNum: fn }).its('getNum').should('be.a', 'function')
Access function properties
You can access functions to then drill into their own properties instead of invoking them.
// Your app code
// a basic Factory constructor
const Factory = (arg) => {
// ...
}
Factory.create = (arg) => {
return new Factory(arg)
}
// assign it to the window
window.Factory = Factory
cy
.window() // yields window object
.its('Factory') // yields Factory function
.invoke('create', 'arg') // now invoke properties on it
Use .its() to test window.fetch
Check out our example recipe on testing
window.fetchusing.its()
Nested Properties
You can drill into nested properties by using dot notation.
const user = {
contacts: {
work: {
name: 'Kamil'
}
}
}
cy.wrap(user).its('contacts.work.name').should('eq', 'Kamil') // true
Existence
Wait for some propery to exist on window
cy.window().its('globalProp').then((globalProp) => {
// do something now that window.globalProp exists
})
Assert that a propery does not exist on window
cy.window().its('evilProp').should('not.exist')
Rules
Requirements
.its()requires being chained off a previous command.
Assertions
.its()will automatically retry until the subject's property is notnullorundefined..its()will automatically retry until assertions you've chained all pass.
Timeouts
.its()can time out waiting for the property to exist..its()can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.
Command Log
Get responseBody of aliased route
cy.server()
cy.route(/comments/, 'fixture:comments.json').as('getComments')
cy.get('#fetch-comments').click()
cy.wait('@getComments').its('responseBody').should('deep.eq', [
{ id: 1, comment: 'hi' },
{ id: 2, comment: 'there' }
])
The commands above will display in the Command Log as:
When clicking on its within the command log, the console outputs the following:
