// This authenticates a user and puts the token in local storage which allows us to perform authenticated requests. // Built after https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-example-recipes/tree/bd2d6ffb33214884cab343d38e7f9e6ebffb323f/examples/logging-in__jwt import {UserFactory} from '../factories/user' let token before(() => { const users = UserFactory.create(1) cy.request('POST', `${Cypress.env('API_URL')}/login`, { username: users[0].username, password: '1234', }) .its('body') .then(r => { token = r.token }) }) beforeEach(() => { cy.log(`Using token ${token} to make authenticated requests`) cy.visit('/', { onBeforeLoad(win) { win.localStorage.setItem('token', token) }, }) })