get

Get one or more DOM elements by selector or alias.

Syntax

cy.get(selector)
cy.get(alias)
cy.get(selector, options)
cy.get(alias, options)

Usage

Correct Usage

cy.get('.list > li') // Yield the <li>'s in .list

Arguments

selector (String selector)

A selector used to filter matching DOM elements.

alias (String)

An alias as defined using the .as() command and referenced with the @ character and the name of the alias.

You can use cy.get() for aliases of primitives, regular objects, or even DOM elements.

When using aliases with DOM elements, Cypress will query the DOM again if the previously aliased DOM element has gone stale.

options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of cy.get().

OptionDefaultDescription
logtrueDisplays the command in the Command log
timeoutdefaultCommandTimeoutTime to wait for cy.get() to resolve before timing out
withinSubjectnullElement to search for children in. If null, search begins from root-level DOM element
includeShadowDomincludeShadowDom config option valueWhether to traverse shadow DOM boundaries and include elements within the shadow DOM in the yielded results.

Yields

  • cy.get() yields the DOM element(s) it found, or the results of the alias lookup.
  • cy.get() is a query, and it is safe to chain further methods.

Examples

Selector

Get the input element

cy.get('input').should('be.disabled')

Find the first li descendent within a ul

cy.get('ul li:first').should('have.class', 'active')

Find the dropdown-menu and click it

cy.get('.dropdown-menu').click()

Find 5 elements with the given data attribute

cy.get('[data-test-id="test-example"]').should('have.length', 5)
cy.get('a[href*="questions"]').click()

Find the element with id that starts with "local-"

cy.get('[id^=local-]')

Find the element with id that ends with "-remote"

cy.get('[id$=-remote]')

Find the element with id that starts with "local-" and ends with "-remote"

cy.get('[id^=local-][id$=-remote]')

Find the element with id that has characters used in CSS like ".", ":".

cy.get('#id\\.\\.\\.1234') // escape the character with \\

Get in .within()

cy.get() in the .within() command

Since cy.get() is chained off of cy, it always looks for the selector within the entire document. The only exception is when used inside a .within() command.

cy.get('form').within(() => {
  cy.get('input').type('Pamela') // Only yield inputs within form
  cy.get('textarea').type('is a developer') // Only yield textareas within form
})

Get vs Find

The cy.get command always starts its search from the cy.root element. In most cases, it is the document element, unless used inside the .within() command. The .find command starts its search from the current subject.

<div class="test-title">cy.get vs .find</div>
<section id="comparison">
  <div class="feature">Both are querying commands</div>
</section>
cy.get('#comparison')
  .get('div')
  // finds the div.test-title outside the #comparison
  // and the div.feature inside
  .should('have.class', 'test-title')
  .and('have.class', 'feature')
cy.get('#comparison')
  .find('div')
  // the search is limited to the tree at #comparison element
  // so it finds div.feature only
  .should('have.length', 1)
  .and('have.class', 'feature')

Alias

For a detailed explanation of aliasing, read more about aliasing here.

Get the aliased 'todos' elements

cy.get('ul#todos').as('todos')

//...hack hack hack...

//later retrieve the todos
cy.get('@todos')

Get the aliased 'submitBtn' element

beforeEach(() => {
  cy.get('button[type=submit]').as('submitBtn')
})

it('disables on click', () => {
  cy.get('@submitBtn').should('be.disabled')
})

Get the aliased 'users' fixture

beforeEach(() => {
  cy.fixture('users.json').as('users')
})

it('disables on click', () => {
  // access the array of users
  cy.get('@users').then((users) => {
    // get the first user
    const user = users[0]

    cy.get('header').contains(user.name)
  })
})

Rules

Requirements

  • cy.get() requires being chained off a command that yields DOM element(s).

Assertions

  • cy.get() will automatically retry until the element(s) exist in the DOM
  • cy.get() will automatically retry until all chained assertions have passed

Timeouts

  • cy.get() can time out waiting for the element(s) to exist in the DOM .
  • cy.get() can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.

Command Log

Get an input and assert on the value

cy.get('input[name="firstName"]').should('have.value', 'Homer')

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

Command Log get

When clicking on the get command within the command log, the console outputs the following:

Console Log get

History

VersionChanges
5.2.0Added includeShadowDom option.

See also