frontend/cypress/support/authenticateUser.js

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// 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)
},
})
})