feat: add no-chained-get rule (#249)

* feat: add rule to disallow chain of get() calls

* fix: replace double quotes with single quotes in no-chained-get.js

* Update docs/rules/no-chained-get.md

Co-authored-by: Mike McCready <66998419+MikeMcC399@users.noreply.github.com>

* Update lib/rules/no-chained-get.js

Co-authored-by: Mike McCready <66998419+MikeMcC399@users.noreply.github.com>

* feat: add no-chained-get rule

* feat: add no-chained-get rule

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Co-authored-by: Jennifer Shehane <shehane.jennifer@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Mike McCready <66998419+MikeMcC399@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 3 people

README.md

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ These rules enforce some of the [best practices recommended for using Cypress](h
 | [no-assigning-return-values](docs/rules/no-assigning-return-values.md)   | disallow assigning return values of `cy` calls             | ✅  |
 | [no-async-before](docs/rules/no-async-before.md)                         | disallow using `async`/`await` in Cypress `before` methods |    |
 | [no-async-tests](docs/rules/no-async-tests.md)                           | disallow using `async`/`await` in Cypress test cases       | ✅  |
+| [no-chained-get](docs/rules/no-chained-get.md)                           | disallow chain of `cy.get()` calls                         |    |
 | [no-debug](docs/rules/no-debug.md)                                       | disallow using `cy.debug()` calls                          |    |
 | [no-force](docs/rules/no-force.md)                                       | disallow using `force: true` with action commands          |    |
 | [no-pause](docs/rules/no-pause.md)                                       | disallow using `cy.pause()` calls                          |    |

docs/rules/no-chained-get.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Disallow chain of `cy.get()` calls (`cypress/no-chained-get`)
+
+<!-- end auto-generated rule header -->
+This rule disallows the usage of chained `.get()` calls as `cy.get()` always starts its search from the cy.root element.
+
+## Rule Details
+
+Examples of **incorrect** code for this rule:
+
+```js
+cy.get('parent').get('child')
+```
+
+Examples of **correct** code for this rule:
+
+```js
+cy.get('parent')
+  .find('child')
+```

legacy.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'no-pause': require('./lib/rules/no-pause'),
     'no-debug': require('./lib/rules/no-debug'),
     'no-xpath': require('./lib/rules/no-xpath'),
+    'no-chained-get': require('./lib/rules/no-chained-get'),
   },
   configs: {
     recommended: require('./lib/config/recommended'),

lib/flat.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const plugin = {
     'no-pause': require('./rules/no-pause'),
     'no-debug': require('./rules/no-debug'),
     'no-xpath': require('./rules/no-xpath'),
+    'no-chained-get': require('./rules/no-chained-get'),
   },
 }
 

lib/rules/no-chained-get.js

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+'use strict';
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Rule Definition
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/** @type {import('eslint').Rule.RuleModule} */
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    type: 'problem',
+    docs: {
+      description: 'disallow chain of `cy.get()` calls',
+      recommended: false,
+      url: 'https://github.com/cypress-io/eslint-plugin-cypress/blob/master/docs/rules/no-chained-get.md',
+    },
+    fixable: null,
+    schema: [],
+    messages: {
+      unexpected: 'Avoid chaining multiple cy.get() calls',
+    },
+  },
+
+  create(context) {
+    const isRootCypress = (node) => {
+      if (
+        node.type !== 'CallExpression' ||
+        node.callee.type !== 'MemberExpression'
+      ) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      if (
+        node.callee.object.type === 'Identifier' &&
+        node.callee.object.name === 'cy'
+      ) {
+        return true;
+      }
+
+      return isRootCypress(node.callee.object);
+    };
+
+    const hasChainedGet = (node) => {
+      // Check if this node is a get() call
+      const isGetCall =
+        node.callee &&
+        node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
+        node.callee.property &&
+        node.callee.property.type === 'Identifier' &&
+        node.callee.property.name === 'get';
+
+      if (!isGetCall) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      const obj = node.callee.object;
+
+      if (obj.type === 'CallExpression') {
+        const objCallee = obj.callee;
+
+        if (
+          objCallee &&
+          objCallee.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
+          objCallee.property &&
+          objCallee.property.type === 'Identifier' &&
+          objCallee.property.name === 'get'
+        ) {
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        return hasChainedGet(obj);
+      }
+
+      return false;
+    };
+
+    return {
+      CallExpression(node) {
+        if (isRootCypress(node) && hasChainedGet(node)) {
+          context.report({
+            node,
+            messageId: 'unexpected',
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};

tests/lib/rules/no-chained-get.js

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * @fileoverview disallow chain of `cy.get()` calls
+ * @author benoit
+ */
+"use strict";
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Requirements
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const rule = require("../../../lib/rules/no-chained-get"),
+  RuleTester = require("eslint").RuleTester;
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tests
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const ruleTester = new RuleTester();
+ruleTester.run("no-chained-get", rule, {
+  valid: [
+    { code: "cy.get('div')" },
+    { code: "cy.get('.div').find().get()" },
+    { code: "cy.get('input').should('be.disabled')" },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: "cy.get('div').get('div')",
+      errors: [{ messageId: "unexpected" }],
+    },
+  ],
+});