{"id":2517,"date":"2020-01-31T11:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T05:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scrolltest.com\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2020-04-08T10:21:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T04:51:04","slug":"cypress-upload-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scrolltest.com\/cypress-upload-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Cypress Tutorial For Beginners : Part 2 ( Upload a File )"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video cypress tutorial for beginners, We are going to learn how to upload a file in cypress and create our first script to test to upload a file and check that file is uploaded successfully.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cypress Upload File<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You need to install<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package\/cypress-file-upload\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"outline: none;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the node module<\/a>&nbsp; : &nbsp;<strong>npm i cypress-file-upload<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>2. Require it in your script<\/p>\n<p><strong>import &#8216;cypress-file-upload&#8217;;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3. 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