You’ve just installed Cypress and are now looking to get started with your first test. But what should you test? This blog post will explore how to send and receive emails in Cypress JS. We’ll start by creating a new Cypress test and configuring our email server. Then we’ll write a test to send an email and assert that it was sent successfully. Finally, we’ll write a test to receive an email and announce that it was received successfully. By the end of this blog post, you’ll know how to send and receive emails in Cypress JS!
Setting up your email server
Assuming you’re using a Cyprus-based email service, you’ll need to set up your email server first. This can be done by going to your email provider’s website and following their instructions.
Once your email server is set up, you’ll need to configure it to work with Cypress. This can be done by following the instructions in the Cypress documentation.
Once your email server is configured, you can start sending and receiving emails in Cypress!
Sending and receiving emails with Cypress JS
Sending and receiving emails with Cypress JS is easy! All you need is an email account and the Cypress JS library.
To send an email, create a new EmailMessage object and specify the recipient’s address, subject, and message body. Then call the send() method on your EmailMessage object to send the email.
Create a new email server object to receive emails and specify the server’s hostname and port number. Then call the receive() method on your email server object to retrieve emails from the server.
Conclusion
Email is a vital part of any application, and Cypress makes it easy to test email functionality with just a few lines of code. This article showed you how to set up email testing in Cypress and demonstrated how to use the email test plugin to send and receive messages. We also covered how to use the cypress-pipe module to streamline your email tests. With these tools at your disposal, you’ll be able to test your application’s email functionality confidently.
Also Read: Send mail using Postfix server.
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