I'm starting out in Cypress, I'm trying to select an element with this text:
Username is missing
My code is:
cy.get('[data-id="error"]').should('have.text', 'is missing')
Is there a way that I can just use a specific part of a string (in this case, 'is missing') and still be able to use the .should() assertion? I hope to pass the assertion using specific part of a string only.
you can use contain keyword to look string that contain a substring
with should to perform directly the assertion
cy.get('[data-id="error"]').should('contain', 'is missing')
or get only element that contain text with contains
cy.get('[data-id="error"]').contains('is missing')
them perform needed assertion on it
You can use regular expression with match instead of have.text:
For example the text should contain test:
cy.get('[data-id="error"]').should('match', /test/)
Or simply
cy.get('[data-id="error"]').should('contain', 'test')
If you want to assert an partial text with should then you can use include.text
cy.get('[data-id="error"]').should('include.text', 'is missing')