I am using an external json file as payload to a POST request in Cypress, like this
cy.fixture('createUsers.json').then((requestBody) => { cy.request('POST', /api/vi/createUsers, requestBody).then(function (res) { localStorage.setItem('token', res.body.token); localStorage.setItem('refreshToken', res.body.refreshToken); });});
The json file looks like this
{"carID": "HND","from": 1683579600000,"to": 1683579600000,"launched": true,"lftl": false,"dmtr": null,"acxzId": "HND_PRE" }
I want to keep from
and to
fields as dynamic. This is Unix time stamp for today's date.
I am able to achieve this if I am passing payload in the fixture
code, not via an external file like this
let testDate = Date.parse(new Date().toLocaleDateString("en-US"));cy.request('POST', /api/vi/createUsers, {"carID": "HND","from": testDate,"to": testDate,"launched": true,"lftl": false,"dmtr": null,"acxzId": "HND_PRE"}).then(function (res) { localStorage.setItem('token', res.body.token); localStorage.setItem('refreshToken', res.body.refreshToken);});
So, how can I pass today's date, when I want to pass JSON payload using an external file?