_locale.cy.request is not a function

Question

I'm trying to create a basic login command in Cypress, which was working when I used cy.visit().

After reading up on Cypress, I found out that logging in using the UI is an anti-pattern, so I'm attempting to switch over to calling cy.request() to post to the login route.

However, when I try this, I get an error that does not make sense to me:

TypeError: _locale.cy.request is not a function

This is my code in commands.js:

Cypress.Commands.add("login", () => {
  cy.request('POST', `${Cypress.config().baseUrl}/login`, {username: 'sysadmin', password: 'test'});
});

And this is where it gets called in the test:

it('Logs in successfully', () => {
  cy.login();
});

From my understanding, cy.request is a function that comes with Cypress, that can take in a method, url and body: https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/request.html#Syntax.

Can anyone please explain why Cypress isn't recognizing its own native function?

Thanks

Roland Fuchs Roland Fuchs · Accepted Answer · 2020-04-19T13:53:42

Old question, i had the same problem, but my solution was to simply ensure that there was no import { cy } from 'date-fns/locale'; at the top of your page.

_locale.cy.request is not a function

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