Override Cypress.config().baseUrl with environment variable (process.env)

Question

I was to set the baseURL of my cypress tests to be read from .env file.

I can't set it directly in the cypress.json file. And when I try to use cy.visit(process.env.MYAPPURL), I get an this error

cy.visit() must be called with a url or an options object containing a url as its 1st argument

Answer 1

you can leave cy.visit() empty but you just need to set this env CYPRESS_BASE_URL with the base url instead like this for example:

CYPRESS_BASE_URL=$VUE_APP_BASE_URL

check this for explanation https://docs.cypress.io/guides/guides/environment-variables