How to access nested values in Cypress.json

Question

Cannot access nested values in Cypress.json file.

I have just started learning Cypress and trying to organise some variables into the Cypress.json file.

The usual dot and bracket notation do not work because the key is already in single/double quotes, so I think Cypress sees it as a complete string eg. (Cypress.env('login.username')).

This is my simple Cypress.json file

{
   "env":{
    "login":{
        "username":"Joe"
        }
   }
}

How can I access the name Joe?

Answer 1

Try this, it will return the username.

Cypress.env('login').username // returns "Joe"

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