cypress request with retries

retryRequest.js

Cypress.Commands.add('retryRequest', (url, options) => {
    Cypress._.defaults(options, {
        method: 'GET',
        body: null,
        headers: {
            'content-type': 'application/json'
        },
        retries: 0,
        function: false,
        timeout: 0
    });
    let retriesCounter = 0;
    function makeRequest() {
        retriesCounter += 1;
        cy.request({
            method: options.method || 'GET',
            url: url,
            headers: options.headers,
            body: options.body,
            failOnStatusCode: false
        }).then(response => {
            try {
                if (options.function) {
                    options.function(response);
                }
                return cy.wrap(response);
            } catch (err) {
                if (!options.function) {
                    throw err;
                }
                if (retriesCounter >= options.retries) {
                    throw new Error(
                        `Failed to request ${url} after ${options.retries} retries`
                    );
                }
                cy.wait(options.timeout);
                return makeRequest();
            }
        });
    }
    makeRequest();
});

test.spec.js

context('Testing API call with retry', () => {
    it('should retry this request', () => {
        cy.retryRequest('https://www.google.com/', {
            retries: 10,
            function: function(response) {
                if (response.status === 200) {
                    throw new Error(`still wrong status`);
                }
            },
            timeout: 2000
        });
    });
});