Integrating Cypress with TestRail

Cypress is a powerful end-to-end testing framework that allows you to write tests that run in the browser. TestRail is a test management tool that helps you to organize, run, and track your tests. By integrating Cypress with TestRail, you can easily manage your tests and get a better overview of your test suite.

Prerequisites

In order to integrate Cypress with TestRail, you will need the following:

• A TestRail account
• The TestRail API key
• The TestRail project ID
• The TestRail run ID

You can find this information in the TestRail settings.

Installing the TestRail CLI

The TestRail CLI is a command-line tool that allows you to interact with TestRail from the command line. You can install the TestRail CLI using the following command:

npm install -g testrail-cli

Configuring TestRail

Once you have installed the TestRail CLI, you will need to configure your TestRail instance. To do this, you will need to provide the following information:

• Your TestRail API key
• Your TestRail project ID
• Your TestRail run ID

You can find this information in the TestRail settings.

To configure TestRail, you can use the following command:

testrail configure <api_key> <project_id> <run_id>

Running the CLI

Once you have configured TestRail, you can run the CLI using the following command:

testrail run <run_id>

This will start a new test run in TestRail.

Seeing your test cases and test results on TestRail

Once the test run has started, you can see your test cases and test results on TestRail. To do this, go to the Test Runs page and select the test run that you just started.

You can also see the test cases and test results in the Cypress dashboard. To do this, go to the Tests page and select the test run that you just started.

Conclusion

In this blog post, you learned how to integrate Cypress with TestRail. By following these steps, you can easily manage your tests and get a better overview of your test suite.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Updates for the latest Cypress version

The latest version of Cypress (12.10.0) includes a number of updates that make it easier to integrate with TestRail. These updates include:

• The ability to use the cy.testrail() command to report test results to TestRail.
• The ability to use the cy.testrail.addResult() method to report individual test results to TestRail.
• The ability to use the cy.testrail.addTestRun() method to report the start and end of a test run to TestRail.

These updates make it easier to integrate Cypress with TestRail and to report test results to TestRail.