dspace-angular/cypress/plugins/index.ts

const fs = require('fs');

// Plugins enable you to tap into, modify, or extend the internal behavior of Cypress
// For more info, visit https://on.cypress.io/plugins-api
module.exports = (on, config) => {
    on('task', {
        // Define "log" and "table" tasks, used for logging accessibility errors during CI
        // Borrowed from https://github.com/component-driven/cypress-axe#in-cypress-plugins-file
        log(message: string) {
            console.log(message);
            return null;
        },
        table(message: string) {
            console.table(message);
            return null;
        },
        // Cypress doesn't have access to the running application in Node.js.
        // So, it's not possible to inject or load the AppConfig or environment of the Angular UI.
        // Instead, we'll read our running application's config.json, which contains the configs &
        // is regenerated at runtime each time the Angular UI application starts up.
        readUIConfig() {
            // Check if we have a config.json in the src/assets. If so, use that.
            // This is where it's written when running "ng e2e" or "yarn serve"
            if (fs.existsSync('./src/assets/config.json')) {
                return fs.readFileSync('./src/assets/config.json', 'utf8');
            // Otherwise, check the dist/browser/assets
            // This is where it's written when running "serve:ssr", which is what CI uses to start the frontend
            } else if (fs.existsSync('./dist/browser/assets/config.json')) {
                return fs.readFileSync('./dist/browser/assets/config.json', 'utf8');
            }

            return null;
        }
    });
};