How to Download File with Cypress

Cypress Download File

npm install --save-dev cypress-downloadfile

Note: In case you get error

Try below command

npm install -g npm-audit-resolver

resolve-audit

Install the module.

npm install cypress-downloadfile

Add the following line to cypress/support/commands.js.

require('cypress-downloadfile/lib/downloadFileCommand')

Add the following lines to cypress/plugins/index.js.

const {downloadFile} = require('cypress-downloadfile/lib/addPlugin')

module.exports = (on, config) => {

  on('task', {downloadFile})

}

Sample Code for Download File

context('Window', () => {

  beforeEach(() => {

    cy.visit('https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/upload')

  })

  it('Download', () => {

    cy.downloadFile('https://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tests/xhtml/testfiles/resources/pdf/dummy.pdf','Download','demo.pdf')

  })

  })