Writing tests to test the orcid API and the user interface.

[withanage]

Issue

• Manual testing of Orcid functions is resource intensive (E-mail send, E-mail verification through malinator, publishing article, checking pushed orcid record)

Describe the solution you'd like

• Automation of the above tasks

Notes

How to resolve cross-domain errors in cypress

• Cypress version 9.6+

• cypress.config.js

  • experimentalSessionAndOrigin : true, "chromeWebSecurity": false

• Tested with Chome v103, Electron v102

• Example test scrpit

describe('Multi-Domain Demo', function () {

    const getIframeBodyById = (id) => {
        return cy.get('iframe[id="' + id + '"]')
            .its('0.contentDocument.body').should('not.be.empty')
            .then(cy.wrap)
    }

    it('Verify Orcid User by Email', function () {
        const publicMailBox = 'https://mailinator.com/v4/public/inboxes.jsp?to=coauthor';
        cy.visit(publicMailBox)
        // open  the latest email
        cy.get('.os-content > .table-striped > tbody > .ng-scope > .ng-binding:nth-child(3)')
            .first()
            .should('be.visible')
            .click()
        // get email  from the iframe
        getIframeBodyById('html_msg_body')
            .contains('Register or Connect your ORCID iD').should('have.attr', 'href')
            .then((href) => {
                // cross domain request
                cy.origin('https://sandbox.orcid.org', {args: {href}}, ({href}) => {
                    cy.visit('/signin')
                    cy.wait(10)
                    cy.get('[id=username]').type("coauthor@mailinator.com")
                    cy.get('[id=password]').type("c")
                    cy.get('[id=signin-button]').click()
                    cy.wait(10)
                    cy.visit(href)
               })
            })
    })
})

orcid_cypress.mp4