Testing: Add createRecord e2e request util

packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/blocks.ts

@@ -54,11 +54,5 @@ export async function createBlock(
 	this: RequestUtils,
 	payload: CreateBlockPayload
 ) {
-	const block = await this.rest( {
-		path: '/wp/v2/blocks',
-		method: 'POST',
-		data: { ...payload },
-	} );
-
-	return block;
+	return this.createRecord( 'blocks', { ...payload } );
 }

packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/index.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
 	getNavigationMenus,
 } from './menus';
 import { deleteAllPages, createPage } from './pages';
+import { createRecord } from './records';
 import { resetPreferences } from './preferences';
 import { getSiteSettings, updateSiteSettings } from './site-settings';
 import { deleteAllWidgets, addWidgetBlock } from './widgets';
@@ -134,6 +135,10 @@ class RequestUtils {
 	getMaxBatchSize: typeof getMaxBatchSize = getMaxBatchSize.bind( this );
 	// .bind() drops the generic types. Re-casting it to keep the type signature.
 	batchRest: typeof batchRest = batchRest.bind( this ) as typeof batchRest;
+	// .bind() drops the generic types. Re-casting it to keep the type signature.
+	createRecord: typeof createRecord = createRecord.bind(
+		this
+	) as typeof createRecord;
 	/** @borrows getPluginsMap as this.getPluginsMap */
 	getPluginsMap: typeof getPluginsMap = getPluginsMap.bind( this );
 	/** @borrows activatePlugin as this.activatePlugin */

packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/menus.ts

@@ -63,13 +63,9 @@ export async function createNavigationMenu(
 	this: RequestUtils,
 	menuData: MenuData
 ) {
-	return this.rest( {
-		method: 'POST',
-		path: `/wp/v2/navigation/`,
-		data: {
-			status: 'publish',
-			...menuData,
-		},
+	return this.createRecord< NavigationMenu >( 'navigation', {
+		status: 'publish',
+		...menuData,
 	} );
 }
 

packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/pages.ts

@@ -71,11 +71,5 @@ export async function createPage(
 	payload: CreatePagePayload
 ) {
 	// https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/pages/#create-a-page
-	const page = await this.rest< Page >( {
-		method: 'POST',
-		path: `/wp/v2/pages`,
-		data: { ...payload },
-	} );
-
-	return page;
+	return this.createRecord< Page >( 'pages', { ...payload } );
 }

packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/posts.ts

@@ -65,11 +65,5 @@ export async function createPost(
 	this: RequestUtils,
 	payload: CreatePostPayload
 ) {
-	const post = await this.rest< Post >( {
-		method: 'POST',
-		path: `/wp/v2/posts`,
-		data: { ...payload },
-	} );
-
-	return post;
+	return this.createRecord< Post >( 'posts', { ...payload } );
 }

packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/records.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import type { RequestUtils } from './index';
+
+/**
+ * Create a new record at the given REST base path.
+ *
+ * Generic seeding helper for per-type wrappers (createPost, createPage, etc.).
+ * Call directly for content types without a dedicated wrapper:
+ *
+ *     requestUtils.createRecord( 'user-taxonomies', { ... } );
+ *
+ * @param this
+ * @param restBase REST base, appended to `/wp/v2/`.
+ * @param payload  Record attributes.
+ */
+export async function createRecord< T = unknown >(
+	this: RequestUtils,
+	restBase: string,
+	payload: Record< string, unknown >
+) {
+	return this.rest< T >( {
+		method: 'POST',
+		path: `/wp/v2/${ restBase }`,
+		data: payload,
+	} );
+}

test/e2e/specs/admin/user-taxonomies.spec.js

@@ -7,35 +7,28 @@ const SETTINGS_PAGE_PATH = 'options-general.php';
 const TAXONOMIES_PAGE_QUERY = 'page=taxonomies-wp-admin';
 const TAXONOMIES_REST_BASE = 'user-taxonomies';
 
-// TODO: once the user-taxonomies feature stabilizes, promote this seeding
-// helper into packages/e2e-test-utils-playwright/src/request-utils/ alongside
-// createPost / createPage so other specs can reuse it.
 // Seeds all visibility booleans so the form's `toFormData` reads each toggle
 // as a defined value — the form contract requires every flag present, to
 // avoid passing `undefined` for unchecked toggles and relying on defaults
 // in register_taxonomy.
 async function createUserTaxonomy( requestUtils ) {
-	return requestUtils.rest( {
-		path: `/wp/v2/${ TAXONOMIES_REST_BASE }`,
-		method: 'POST',
-		data: {
-			title: 'Genres',
-			slug: 'genre',
-			status: 'publish',
-			object_type: [ 'post' ],
-			config: {
-				labels: { singular_name: 'Genre' },
-				public: true,
-				hierarchical: false,
-				publicly_queryable: true,
-				show_ui: true,
-				show_in_menu: true,
-				show_in_nav_menus: true,
-				show_tagcloud: true,
-				show_in_quick_edit: true,
-				show_admin_column: false,
-				show_in_rest: true,
-			},
+	return requestUtils.createRecord( TAXONOMIES_REST_BASE, {
+		title: 'Genres',
+		slug: 'genre',
+		status: 'publish',
+		object_type: [ 'post' ],
+		config: {
+			labels: { singular_name: 'Genre' },
+			public: true,
+			hierarchical: false,
+			publicly_queryable: true,
+			show_ui: true,
+			show_in_menu: true,
+			show_in_nav_menus: true,
+			show_tagcloud: true,
+			show_in_quick_edit: true,
+			show_admin_column: false,
+			show_in_rest: true,
 		},
 	} );
 }