cypress.config.js

/* eslint-disable no-console */
const { defineConfig } = require('cypress')

const got = require('got')
// Cypress tests in the "e2e" folder have access to
// the Cypress object and the bundled Cypress._ Lodash.
// The Cypress configuration does NOT and thus has
// to import any 3rd party libraries

const _ = require('lodash')

// This function is called when a project is opened or re-opened (e.g. due to
// the project's config changing)
module.exports = defineConfig({
  fixturesFolder: false,
  e2e: {
    supportFile: false,
    async setupNodeEvents (on, config) {
      // let's fetch the list of users
      const users = await got(
        'https://jsonplaceholder.cypress.io/users?_limit=3'
      ).json()

      // we are only interested in the username and ID fields
      const userInfo = _.map(users, (user) => {
        return _.pick(user, ['id', 'username', 'email'])
      })

      console.log('Fetched the following users for testing')
      console.table(userInfo)

      // then set it inside the config object under the environment
      // which will make it available via Cypress.env("users")
      // before the start of the tests
      config.env.users = userInfo

      return config
    },
  },
})