@saucelabs/cypress-plugin
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Sauce Cypress Plugin to report your results directly to Sauce Labs
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sauce-cypress-plugin
This Cypress plugins reports each spec to your Sauce Labs account.
When you run tests with the Cypress CLI, using this plugin, test results and artifacts are uploaded to Sauce Labs.
Requirements
- Node 22
- Cypress
Installation
Install from npm:
npm install @saucelabs/cypress-plugin
Configuration
Sauce Labs Credentials
SAUCE_USERNAME
and SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY
environment variables need to be set for the plugin to report your results to
Sauce Labs. Your Sauce Labs Username and Access Key are available from your
dashboard.
Plugin Setup (Cypress 10 and above)
sauce-cypress-plugin
is configurable through your cypress config file, e.g. cypress.config.{js, cjs, mjs,ts}
.
Example cypress.config.cjs
:
const { defineConfig } = require("cypress");
module.exports = defineConfig({
e2e: {
setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
require("@saucelabs/cypress-plugin").default(on, config, {
region: "us-west-1",
build: "myBuild",
tags: ["example1"],
});
return config;
},
},
});
Example cypress.config.mjs
:
import { defineConfig } from "cypress";
import reporter from "@saucelabs/cypress-plugin";
export default defineConfig({
e2e: {
setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
reporter.default(on, config, {
region: "us-west-1",
build: "myBuild",
tags: ["example1"],
});
return config;
},
},
});
Example cypress.config.ts
:
import { defineConfig } from "cypress";
import Reporter, { Region } from "@saucelabs/cypress-plugin";
export default defineConfig({
e2e: {
setupNodeEvents(on, config) {
Reporter(on, config, {
region: Region.USWest1, // us-west-1 is the default
build: "myBuild",
tags: ["example1"],
});
return config;
},
},
});
Plugin Setup (Cypress 9 and below)
Register the plugin in your project's cypress/plugins/index.js
:
module.exports = (on, config) => {
// Other plugins you may already have.
// ...
require("@saucelabs/cypress-plugin").default(on, config, {
region: "us-west-1",
build: "myBuild",
tags: ["example1"],
});
return config;
};
Plugin Options
| Name | Description | Type |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| build
| Sets a build ID. Default: ''
| string
|
| tags
| Tags to add to the uploaded Sauce job. Default: []
| string[]
|
| region
| Sets the region. Default: us-west-1
| us-west-1
| eu-central-1
|
| artifactUploadDir
| If specified, automatically upload files from this directory, per spec. e.g. files in {artifactUploadDir}/{specName}/
would be uploaded to the job that ran spec_name
. The directory is relative to your cypress config file. The directory will be deleted at the beginning of the next run. Default: undefined
| string
|
Run a Test 🚀
Trigger cypress to run a test
cypress run
The jobs will be reported to Sauce Labs
Jobs reported to Sauce Labs:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Spec Sauce Labs job URL │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ cypress/e2e/1-getting-started/todo.cy.js https://app.saucelabs.com/tests/b30ffb871827408c81e454103b946c99 │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Upload Assets Task
This task allows you to upload assets (such as images or logs) to a specific Sauce Labs job associated with the test spec.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| ------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| spec
| string
| Path to the spec file being executed, typically provided by __filename
. |
| assets
| Asset
| Asset[]
| Can be a single Asset
object or an array of Asset
objects to be uploaded to Sauce Labs. Each Asset
should contain a filename
and either a path
or data
. |
| assets[].path
| string
| Required. Path to the file on the local filesystem (e.g., "pics/this-is-fine.png"
). |
| assets[].filename
| string
| Optional. The name of the file to upload, as it should appear in Sauce Labs (e.g., "this-is-fine.png"
). If not provided, the file path basename is used by default. |
Example Usage
it("upload assets", () => {
// Single file upload.
cy.task("sauce:uploadAssets", {
spec: __filename,
assets: { path: "pics/this-is-fine.png" },
});
// Multiple files upload.
cy.task("sauce:uploadAssets", {
spec: __filename,
assets: [
{ path: "pics/this-is-fine.png" },
{ path: "test.txt", filename: "test.log" },
],
});
});
Real-life Example
tests/integration/ folder will present an integration example with Cypress' Kitchensink tests set.
Development
Running Locally
Best way to test locally is to npm link
into an existing cypress project.
Debug
Once you npm link
, you can run your cypress tests with the environment variable DEBUG="@saucelabs/cypress-plugin:*"
to see additional debug output.