server-communication__env-variables

Server communication: passing environment variables

This recipe shows how to pass environment variables to your tests

• See package.json file which runs Cypress with environment variables set. The variables that start with CYPRESS_ are extracted automatically. Other variables are copied from process.env in the setupNodeEvents function
• Additional variables can be passed via env object in cypress.config.js
• Extract any other variable from process.env using the setupNodeEvents function.
• Uses dotenv package to read the .env file in the Cypress configuraton