How to share value from before:spec to spec in order to use value in tests

[alexniculae]

Hello,

Q: Is it possible to share a value from the Before Spec API to the actual spec, so it can be used in the tests?

For example I tried to do it by leveraging the config object of Cypress and trying to create a new Cypress env var:

const {someFunc} = require('./some-func');

module.exports = (on, config) => {
  return on('before:spec', async () => {
    return someFunc().then((response) => {
      config.env.RESPONSE = response;
      return config;
    });
  });
}

Unfortunately I cannot get this to work, but I'm not sure if

• either I'm missing something, or
• if it's simply not doable like this because of how the config and the env of Cypress is built

A solution for this or any other suggestions (that use the before:spec) would be great! 🙂