Cypress.Commands.add('login', () => { cy.fixture('testuser.json').then(({ username, password }) => { // We need to request a page that sets the csrf cookie cy.request('/api/v1/instance/nodeinfo/2.0/') cy.getCookie('csrftoken').then(($cookie) => { cy.request({ method: 'POST', url: '/api/v1/users/login', form: true, headers: { 'X-CSRFTOKEN': $cookie?.value, Referer: Cypress.config().baseUrl + '/login' }, body: { username, password } }) }) }) })