Allow passing qs parameter to cy.visit to set querystring

cli/types/index.d.ts

@@ -2349,6 +2349,11 @@ declare namespace Cypress {
      *    })
      */
     auth: Auth
+
+    /**
+     * Query parameters to append to the `url` of the request.
+     */
+    qs: object
   }
 
   /**

packages/driver/src/cy/commands/navigation.coffee

@@ -522,6 +522,9 @@ module.exports = (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) ->
         onLoad: ->
       })
 
+      if !_.isUndefined(options.qs) and not _.isObject(options.qs)
+        $utils.throwErrByPath("visit.invalid_qs", { args: { qs: String(options.qs) }})
+
       if options.retryOnStatusCodeFailure and not options.failOnStatusCode
         $utils.throwErrByPath("visit.status_code_flags_invalid")
 
@@ -550,6 +553,9 @@ module.exports = (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) ->
       if baseUrl = config("baseUrl")
         url = $Location.qualifyWithBaseUrl(baseUrl, url)
 
+      if qs = options.qs
+        url = $Location.mergeUrlWithParams(url, qs)
+
       cleanup = null
 
       ## clear the current timeout
@@ -610,7 +616,7 @@ module.exports = (Commands, Cypress, cy, state, config) ->
         existing = $utils.locExisting()
 
         ## TODO: $Location.resolve(existing.origin, url)
-        
+
         if $Location.isLocalFileUrl(url)
           return specifyFileByRelativePath(url, options._log)
 

packages/driver/src/cypress/error_messages.coffee

@@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ module.exports = {
     invalid_1st_arg: "#{cmd('visit')} must be called with a URL or an options object containing a URL as its 1st argument"
     invalid_method: "#{cmd('visit')} was called with an invalid method: '{{method}}'. Method can only be GET or POST."
     invalid_headers: "#{cmd('visit')} requires the 'headers' option to be an object."
+    invalid_qs: "#{cmd('visit')} requires the 'qs' option to be an object, but received: '{{qs}}'"
     no_duplicate_url: """
       #{cmd('visit')} must be called with only one URL. You specified two URLs:
 
@@ -1090,7 +1091,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
         #{cmd('request')} will automatically get and set cookies and enable you to parse responses.
       """
-      
+
     specify_file_by_relative_path: """
       #{cmd('visit')} failed because the 'file://...' protocol is not supported by Cypress.
 

packages/driver/src/cypress/location.coffee

@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ class $Location
     url = new UrlParse(url, existing.origin)
     url.toString()
 
+  @mergeUrlWithParams = (url, params) ->
+    url = new UrlParse(url, null, true)
+    url.set("query", _.merge(url.query || {}, params))
+    url.toString()
+
   @normalize = (url) ->
     ## A properly formed URL will always have a trailing
     ## slash at the end of it

packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/commands/navigation_spec.coffee

@@ -543,11 +543,11 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/navigation", ->
 
     it "does not support file:// protocol", (done) ->
       Cypress.config("baseUrl", "")
-    
+
       cy.on "fail", (err) ->
         expect(err.message).to.contain("cy.visit() failed because the 'file://...' protocol is not supported by Cypress.")
         done()
-    
+
       cy.visit("file:///cypress/fixtures/generic.html")
 
     ## https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/1727
@@ -619,6 +619,15 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/navigation", ->
       })
       cy.contains('"user-agent":"something special"')
 
+    it "can send querystring params", ->
+      qs = { "foo bar": "baz quux" }
+
+      cy
+        .visit("http://localhost:3500/dump-qs", { qs })
+        .then ->
+          cy.contains(JSON.stringify(qs))
+          cy.url().should('eq', 'http://localhost:3500/dump-qs?foo%20bar=baz%20quux')
+
     describe "can send a POST request", ->
       it "automatically urlencoded using an object body", ->
         cy.visit("http://localhost:3500/post-only", {
@@ -1060,6 +1069,23 @@ describe "src/cy/commands/navigation", ->
           headers: "quux"
         })
 
+      [
+        "foo",
+        null,
+        false,
+      ].forEach (qs) =>
+        str = String(qs)
+
+        it "throws when qs is #{str}", (done) ->
+          cy.on "fail", (err) ->
+            expect(err.message).to.contain "cy.visit() requires the 'qs' option to be an object, but received: '#{str}'"
+            done()
+
+          cy.visit({
+            url: "http://foobarbaz",
+            qs
+          })
+
       it "throws when failOnStatusCode is false and retryOnStatusCodeFailure is true", (done) ->
         cy.on "fail", (err) ->
           expect(err.message).to.contain "cy.visit() was invoked with { failOnStatusCode: false, retryOnStatusCodeFailure: true }."

packages/driver/test/cypress/integration/cypress/location_spec.coffee

@@ -183,6 +183,21 @@ describe "src/cypress/location", ->
       obj = Location.create(urls.signin)
       expect(obj.toString()).to.eq("http://localhost:2020/signin")
 
+  context ".mergeUrlWithParams", ->
+    beforeEach ->
+      @url = (str, expected, params) ->
+        url = Location.mergeUrlWithParams(str, params)
+        expect(url).to.eq(expected)
+
+    it "merges params into a URL", ->
+      @url "http://example.com/a", "http://example.com/a?foo=bar", { foo: 'bar' }
+
+    it "overrides existing queryparams", ->
+      @url "http://example.com/a?foo=quux", "http://example.com/a?foo=bar", { foo: 'bar' }
+
+    it "appends and overrides existing queryparams", ->
+      @url "http://example.com/a?foo=quux", "http://example.com/a?foo=bar&baz=quuz", { foo: 'bar', baz: 'quuz' }
+
   context ".normalize", ->
     beforeEach ->
       @url = (source, expected) ->

packages/driver/test/support/server.coffee

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ niv.install("react-dom@15.6.1")
   app.all '/dump-method', (req, res) ->
     res.send("<html><body>request method: #{req.method}</body></html>")
 
+  app.all '/dump-qs', (req, res) ->
+    res.send("<html><body>it worked!<br>request querystring:<br>#{JSON.stringify(req.query)}</body></html>")
+
   app.post '/post-only', (req, res) ->
     res.send("<html><body>it worked!<br>request body:<br>#{JSON.stringify(req.body)}</body></html>")