dummyAttachFile

Tiny cypress command to upload fast large files to an HTML input type="file". The file that will be uploaded is empty. Multiple attribute is not supported {yet}.

Installation

npm i dummyattachfile

Add it to cypress/support/commands.js:

import 'dummyattachfile';

Use

cy.get('input').dummyAttachFile(<bytes>, <filename>, <filetype>)

// <bytes> Number or String | Optional | Default value: 1024
// Number expressed in bytes
// Valid String Format: d+K, d+M eg. 666K, 500M etc.
// Current file limit: 1GB
// <filename> String | Optional | Default value: 'whatever.txt'
// <filetype> String | Optional | Default value: 'text/plain'

// Make your tests like below:
describe('Testing uploading files', () => {
    it('upload a file', () => {

        // demo static site
        cy.visit('https://testdummyattachfile-mxevq.ondigitalocean.app/')
        
        console.time('uploadfile#1')
        cy.get('input').should('have.id','ena')
        console.timeLog('uploadfile#1')
        cy.get('input').dummyAttachFile('666K', 'somefilename.txt', 'somefiletype')
        
        console.timeEnd('uploadfile#1')

        cy.get('input').then(
            (subject) => {
                console.log(subject[0].files[0].size)
                console.log(subject[0].files[0])
            }
        )
    })
  })