Is it possible to read a file from an absolute path?

[cjcrandall]

From the docs, cy.fixture assumes a relative path from the fixtures folder, and cy.readFile assumes a relative path from the project root. But is it possible with either of these, or some other means, to read a file from an absolute file path?

[bahmutov]

Only by using cy.task

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[cjcrandall]

That's an interesting design decision. Do you know what the rationale is or if that might be changed in the future? I can use ../ to navigate out of those default directories but that feels a bit hacky. In my use case, I have json files that are part of the production code (so don't belong in a fixtures folder) that I want to load, and I also have multiple cypress projects in my repo.

[bahmutov]

Well you could also just import the json file directly since the bundler will bundle spec files and anything they import.

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On Dec 10, 2020, at 19:35, cjcrandall ***@***.***> wrote:  That's an interesting design decision. Do you know what the rationale is or if that might be changed in the future? I can use ../ to navigate out of those default directories but that feels a bit hacky. In my use case, I have json files that are part of the production code (so don't belong in a fixtures folder) that I want to load, and I also have multiple cypress projects in my repo. — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[cjcrandall]

Neat, that hadn't occurred to me. I'll try it!

[jennifer-shehane]

You can change the path of the fixturesFolder also, but this would change the destination to a single directory. But there are other ways to import files for use if you need as @bahmutov mentioned.