Cypress seed api

cypress_seed.js

// cy.seed(...) to call a seeder from api
Cypress.Commands.add('seed', (seeder) => {
  // here you will notice that we namespaced our seeders for e2e tests
  cy.request('GET', Cypress.config().apiUrl + 'seed?seeder=' + 'Seeds\\E2E\\' + seeder) 
})

// routes/web.php
if (app()->environment() !== 'production') {
  Route::get('/seed', function ($model) {
      \Artisan::call('db:seed', ['--class' => request('seeder')]);
  });
}

// Seeds\E2E\Users\UsersPaginationSeeder
class UsersPaginationSeeder extends Seeder {
  public function run() {
    factory(User::class)->create([
      'name' => 'John Doe',
    ]);
  }
}
      
// Usage:
it('should paginate users', () => {
  cy.seed('Users\\UsersPaginationSeeder') 
  // then assert to see users with given names
});