location

Get the global window.location object of the page that is currently active.

Syntax

cy.location()
cy.location(key)
cy.location(options)
cy.location(key, options)

Usage

Correct Usage

cy.location() // Get location object
cy.location('host') // Get the host of the location object
cy.location('port') // Get the port of the location object

Arguments

key (String)

A key on the location object. Returns this value instead of the full location object.

options (Object)

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of cy.location().

Option	Default	Description
log	true	Displays the command in the Command log
timeout	defaultCommandTimeout	Time to wait for cy.location() to resolve before timing out

Yields

cy.location() yields the location object with the following properties:

• hash
• host
• hostname
• href
• origin
• pathname
• port
• protocol
• search
• toString

When given a key argument:

• cy.location() yields the value of the location property as a string

Examples

No Args

Make assertions about every location property

cy.visit('http://localhost:8000/app/index.html?q=dan#/users/123/edit')

cy.location().should((loc) => {
  expect(loc.hash).to.eq('#/users/123/edit')
  expect(loc.host).to.eq('localhost:8000')
  expect(loc.hostname).to.eq('localhost')
  expect(loc.href).to.eq(
    'http://localhost:8000/app/index.html?q=dan#/users/123/edit'
  )
  expect(loc.origin).to.eq('http://localhost:8000')
  expect(loc.pathname).to.eq('/app/index.html')
  expect(loc.port).to.eq('8000')
  expect(loc.protocol).to.eq('http:')
  expect(loc.search).to.eq('?q=dan')
  expect(loc.toString()).to.eq(
    'http://localhost:8000/app/index.html?q=brian#/users/123/edit'
  )
})

Check location for query params and pathname

We can yield the location object within a .should() command and work with it directly.

cy.get('#search').type('niklas{enter}')
cy.location().should((loc) => {
  expect(loc.search).to.eq('?search=niklas')
  expect(loc.pathname).to.eq('/users')
})

Key

Assert that a redirect works

Grab only the pathname and add an assertion.

cy.visit('http://localhost:3000/admin')
cy.location('pathname').should('eq', '/login')

Notes

Native Location

No need to use window.location

Cypress automatically normalizes the cy.location() command and strips out extraneous values and properties found in window.location. Also, the object literal yielded by cy.location() is a basic object literal, not the special window.location object.

When changing properties on the real window.location object, it forces the browser to navigate away. In Cypress, the object yielded is a plain object, so changing its properties will have no effect on navigation.

Console output of window.location

cy.window().then((win) => {
  console.log(win.location)
})

Console output of .location()

cy.location().then((loc) => {
  console.log(loc)
})

Rules

Requirements

• `cy.location()` requires being chained off of `cy`.

Assertions

• `cy.location()` will automatically [retry](/guides/core-concepts/retry-ability) until all chained assertions have passed

Timeouts

• `cy.location()` can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.

Command Log

Assert on the location's href

cy.location().should((loc) => {
  expect(loc.href).to.include('commands/querying')
})

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

When clicking on location within the command log, the console outputs the following:

See also

• cy.hash()
• cy.url()