feat(auto login): add setup function for enabling autologin

packages/cypress-commands/src/index.js

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import './commands/visitWhenStubbed'
 export { dataTestNameToSelector } from './helper/dataTestNameToSelector'
 export { parseSelectorWithDataTest } from './helper/parseSelectorWithDataTest'
 
+// setup helpers
+export { enableAutoLogin } from './setups/enableAutoLogin'
 
 // backward compatibility
 export const registerCommands = () => {

packages/cypress-commands/src/setups/enableAutoLogin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/* globals before */
+import { LOGIN_ENDPOINT } from '../constants'
+
+export const enableAutoLogin = () => {
+    // This will authenticate and set the session cookie
+    const username = Cypress.env('dhis2_username')
+    const password = Cypress.env('dhis2_password')
+    const loginUrl = Cypress.env('dhis2_base_url')
+
+    if (!loginUrl) {
+        throw new Error(
+            'No `dhis2_base_url` found. Please make sure to add it to `cypress.env.json`'
+        )
+    }
+
+    before(() => {
+        // Persist this across tests so we don't have to login before each test
+        Cypress.Cookies.defaults({
+            whitelist: 'JSESSIONID',
+        })
+
+        cy.request({
+            url: `${loginUrl}/${LOGIN_ENDPOINT}`,
+            method: 'POST',
+            form: true,
+            followRedirect: true,
+            body: {
+                j_username: username,
+                j_password: password,
+                '2fa_code': '',
+            },
+        })
+    })
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        // This ensures the app platform knows which URL to use even if REACT_APP_DHIS2_BASE_URL is undefined
+        // It also ensures that the value from the cypress env is used instead of REACT_APP_DHIS2_BASE_URL
+        localStorage.setItem('DHIS2_BASE_URL', loginUrl)
+    })
+}