test: cover the case when the request is issued by cy.request() (#190)

relates-to #59

Author: derevnjuk

cypress/e2e/record-har.cy.ts

@@ -41,6 +41,25 @@ describe('Record HAR', () => {
       });
   });
 
+  // ADHOC: cy.request() sends requests to actual endpoints, bypassing the interceptor
+  // For details please refer to the documentation at
+  // https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/request#cyrequest-sends-requests-to-actual-endpoints-bypassing-those-defined-using-cyintercept
+  it.skip('records a request made by Cypress (not the tested app)', () => {
+    cy.recordHar();
+
+    cy.request('/api/products');
+
+    cy.saveHar({ waitForIdle: true });
+
+    cy.findHar()
+      .its('log.entries')
+      .should('contain.something.like', {
+        request: {
+          url: /\/api\/products$/
+        }
+      });
+  });
+
   // ADHOC: .mjs files are excluded as Cypress forces ts-node to use the 'commonjs' module format. Covered by unit tests.
   // For details please refer to https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/blob/e6b2466f7b219a86da46c1ac720432ef75193ca4/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/ts_node.js#L25
   ['.js', '.ts', '.cjs'].forEach(ext =>

cypress/support/e2e.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ like.extend({
 Cypress.Commands.add('findHar', (fileName?: string) =>
   cy
     .readFile(fileName ?? Cypress.spec.name.replace('.ts', '.har'))
-    .then(data => cy.wrap<Har>(JSON.parse(data)))
+    .then(data => cy.wrap<Har>(data ? JSON.parse(data) : undefined))
 );
 
 // check a file/folder existence