cypress commands return value code example

Example 1: cypress command return value into variable

beforeEach(() => {
  // alias the $btn.text() as 'text'
  cy.get('button').invoke('text').as('text')
})

it('has access to text', function () {
  this.text // is now available
})

Example 2: cypress return value from command

// Adding the command
function foo() {
  return cy.wrap('foo');
}
Cypress.Commands.add('foo', foo);

//Using the command
cy.foo().then(value => console.log(value)); // foo