How to ensure to request is made?

[hamidmayeli]

I am testing a search input and I want to make sure that it does not reach out to the backend when the input is less than 3 characters. I have a working example that uses cy.wait(...), but I would like to find an alternative solution. Is there another way to achieve this without using cy.wait(...)?

  it("should not search for less than 3 chars", () => {
    cy.intercept({
      method: "GET",
      url: "*",
    },
      cy.spy().as("theSpy")).as("search");

    cy.mount(<MemoryRouter><SearchBox text="12" /></MemoryRouter>);
    cy.tick(1000);
    cy.wait(50);
    cy.get("@theSpy").should("not.have.been.called");
  });