Writing E2E tests is almost impossible due to the restriction while navigating to an integrated system

[rakeshnambiar]

Current behavior

Writing E2E tests is almost impossible due to the restriction while navigating to an integrated system. Test flow:

• Go to https://europepmc.org/accounts/login
• Click on Sign in with ORCID button

Error message

Cypress does not allow you to navigate to a different origin URL within a single test.

Desired behavior

Other tools like Selenium or protractor support to interact with the elements on the newly navigated page.

Test code to reproduce

context('Login', () => {
    beforeEach( () => {
        cy.visit('https://europepmc.org/accounts/login')
        cy.get('#data-protection-agree').click()
    })

    it('Verify ORCID Login', () => {
        cy.get('#orcid--signin-button').click()
        cy.get('#username').type('xxxxx@gmail.com')
    })
})

Versions

"cypress": "^6.2.1"

[Narretz]

Well, this is one of Cypress' main and well documented drawbacks. You can work around this by diasbling webSecurity in Chrome. https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/web-security.html#Set-chromeWebSecurity-to-false

And the usual suggestion is to not test the login via the ui.

[rakeshnambiar]

Thanks @Narretz That helps .. I am from Protractor-selenium background and new to Cypress :)

[rakeshnambiar]

Hi @Narretz sorry for the delayed feedback. I tried this with the "chromeWebSecurity": false, and getting the below mentioned error. This is not just to test the login feature. Instead I need to claim an article after login to the ORCID as part of the E2E flow. I also found the external application where I have this issue is developed in angular 11.

Here's the UI flow in case you wish to take a look:

• Go to http://europepmc.org/orcid/import
• Click Start button

Please note, I am using the latest version 9.1.1

[cypress-app-bot]

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