Cypress · Senior · Question 47 of 76

What is a good approach to testing emails sent by the app?

1Emails can't be checked from Cypress
2Use a test mail server API and read messages via cy.request
3Open a real inbox web UI with cy.origin in each test

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Correct answer: Use a test mail server API and read messages via cy.request

Explanation

Tools like Mailpit expose an API, so tests fetch the message, extract the link and continue.

Further reading

Cypress: cy.request() ↗

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