MailSlurp helper for CodeceptJS

MailSlurp helper for testing emails with MailSlurp service. MailSlurp creates disposable mailbox for each test and removes it after a test.

Setup

Register and obtain API key from MailSlurp.

npm i @codeceptjs/mailslurp-helper --save

Enable helper in codecept.conf.js.

helpers: {
  MailSlurp: {
    apiKey: '<insert api key here>',
    require: '@codeceptjs/mailslurp-helper'    
  },
}

Use Cases

Use this helper in your tests to check email interactions. The most popular one

• Account activation
• Restore forgotten password
• Action verification

Use Case: Restore Password

const mailbox = await I.haveNewMailbox();
// register user on a website
I.registerUser(mailbox.emailAddress);
// wait 10 seconds for an email
const email = await I.waitForLatestEmail(10);
I.seeInEmailSubject('Restore Password');
I.seeInEmailBody('Click link to restore password');
const restoreUrl = email.body.match(/http(s):\/\/(.*?)\s/)[0];
I.amOnPage(restoreUrl);

Switching Between Mailboxes

const mailbox1 = await I.haveNewMailbox();
const mailbox2 = await I.haveNewMailbox();
I.openMailbox(mailbox1);
const email = I.waitForEmailMatching({ subject: 'Register' });

Using Custom Assertions In Tests

const assert = require('assert');
const mailbox = await I.haveNewMailbox();
const email = await I.waitForEmailMatching({ subject: 'Thanks' });
assert.eql(email.subject, 'Thanks for registering')

API

Table of Contents

• MailSlurp
• Configuration
  • Parameters
  • haveNewMailbox
  • openMailbox
    • Parameters
  • sendEmail
    • Parameters
  • waitForLatestEmail
    • Parameters
  • waitForEmailMatching
    • Parameters
  • waitForNthEmail
    • Parameters
  • grabEmailsMatching
    • Parameters
  • grabAllEmailsFromMailbox
  • seeInEmailSubject
    • Parameters
  • dontSeeInEmailSubject
    • Parameters
  • seeInEmailBody
    • Parameters
  • dontSeeInEmailBody
    • Parameters
  • seeEmailIsFrom
    • Parameters
  • seeEmailSubjectEquals
    • Parameters
  • dontSeeEmailSubjectEquals
    • Parameters

MailSlurp

Allows to use real emails in end 2 end tests via MailSlurp service. Sign up for account at MailSlurp to start.

A helper requires apiKey from MailSlurp to start

helpers: {
  MailSlurp: {
    apiKey: '<insert api key here>',
    require: '@codeceptjs/mailslurp-helper'    
  },
}

Use .env file and environment variables to store sensitive data like API keys

Configuration

• apiKey (required) - api key from MailSlurp
• timeout (default: 10000) - time to wait for emails in milliseconds.

Parameters

• config

haveNewMailbox

Creates a new mailbox. A mailbox will be deleted after a test. Switches to last created mailbox.

const mailbox = await I.haveMailbox();

openMailbox

Change a current mailbox to a provided one:

const mailbox1 = await I.haveMailbox();
const mailbox2 = await I.haveMailbox();
// mailbox2 is now default mailbox
// switch back to mailbox1
I.openMailbox(mailbox)

Parameters

• mailbox

sendEmail

Sends an email from current mailbox, created by I.haveNewMailbox().

I.sendEmail({
  to: ['[email protected]'],
  subject: 'Hello',
  body: 'World'       
});

Parameters

• data

waitForLatestEmail

Waits for the first email in mailbox. If mailbox is not empty - opens the last email.

I.waitForLatestEmail()
// wait for 30 seconds for an email
I.waitForLatestEmail(30);

Parameters

• sec num? Number of seconds to wait.

Returns Promise<Email> an email received.

waitForEmailMatching

Wait for an exact email matched by query. You can match emails by from, to, subject, cc, bcc fields. My default, non-strcit matching enabled, so it searches for inclusion of a string. For a strict matching (equality) prepend a value with = prefix.

 // wait for email with 'password' in subject
const email = await I.waitForEmail({
 subject: 'password',
});

// wait 30 seconds for email with exact subject
const email = await I.waitForEmail({
 subject: '=Forgot password',
}, 30);

// 
const email = await I.waitForEmail({
 from: '@mysite.com', // find anything from mysite
 subject: 'Restore password', // with Restore password in subject
});

Parameters

• query object to locate an email
• sec num? Number of seconds to wait.

Returns Promise<Email> an email received.

waitForNthEmail

Wait for exact number of emails in mailbox. Returns the last email in the list.

// wait for 2 emails
I.waitForNthEmail(2);
// wait for 5 emails for 60 seconds
I.waitForNthEmail(5, 60);
// wait for 2 emails and return the last one
const email = await I.waitForNthEmail(2); 

Parameters

• number
• sec

grabEmailsMatching

Returns a bunch of emails matched by query. Similar to waitForEmailMatching but returns an array of emails.

// return 2 emails from '[email protected]'
const emails = await I.grabEmailsMatching({ from: '[email protected]'}, 2);

Parameters

• query object to locate an email
• num num? Number of emails to return.

Returns Promise<[Email]> emails matching criteria.

grabAllEmailsFromMailbox

Returns all emails from a mailbox.

const emails = await I.grabAllEmailsFromMailbox();

Returns Promise<[Email]> emails.

seeInEmailSubject

Checks that current email subject contains a text.

I.seeInEmailSubject('Restore password');

Requires an opened email. Use either waitForEmail* methods to open. Or open manually with I.openEmail() method.

Parameters

• text

dontSeeInEmailSubject

Checks that current email subject does not contain a text.

I.seeInEmailSubject('Restore password');

Requires an opened email. Use either waitForEmail* methods to open. Or open manually with I.openEmail() method.

Parameters

• text

seeInEmailBody

Checks that current email body contains a text.

I.seeInEmailBody('Click link');

Requires an opened email. Use either waitForEmail* methods to open. Or open manually with I.openEmail() method.

Parameters

• text

dontSeeInEmailBody

Checks that current email body does not contain a text.

I.dontSeeInEmailBody('Click link');

Requires an opened email. Use either waitForEmail* methods to open. Or open manually with I.openEmail() method.

Parameters

• text

seeEmailIsFrom

Checks that email is from a specified address.

I.seeEmailIsFrom('[email protected]');

Requires an opened email. Use either waitForEmail* methods to open. Or open manually with I.openEmail() method.

Parameters

• text

seeEmailSubjectEquals

Checks that current email subject equals to text.

I.seeEmailSubjectEquals('Restore password');

Requires an opened email. Use either waitForEmail* methods to open. Or open manually with I.openEmail() method.

Parameters

• text

dontSeeEmailSubjectEquals

Checks that current email subject doesn't equal to text.

I.dontSeeEmailSubjectEquals('Restore password');

Requires an opened email. Use either waitForEmail* methods to open. Or open manually with I.openEmail() method.

Parameters

• text