cy.request qs parameter doesn't handle nested objects anymore

[nicooprat]

Current behavior

Calls the following endpoint (I removed the encoding to make it clearer):

https://test.com?nested=[object Object]

Desired behavior

Should call the following endpoint:

https://test.com?nested[foo]=bar

Test code to reproduce

cy.request({
	method: 'GET',
	url: 'https://test.com',
	qs: {
		nested: {
			foo: 'bar'
		}
	}
})

Cypress Version

12.2.0

Node version

16.19.0

Operating System

macOS 12.6

Debug Logs

No response

Other

Seems to appeared since version 12. I think it's coming from this change: #20302

For now I use the qs package and use the request like this as a workaround:

cy.request({
	method: 'GET',
	url: `https://test.com?${qs.stringify({nested: {foo: 'bar'}})}`,
})

I couldn't find anything in the changelog or the docs how to migrate this breaking change. Did I miss something obvious?

[astone123]

Thanks @nicooprat, I was able to reproduce this. Routing to the e2e team

[ntsyhaniuk]

I have the same issue

My query params are:

      qs: {
        filters: [
          { operator: '$eq', field: 'active', value: true },
          {
            operator: '$contains',
            field: 'title',
            value: 'E2E',
            optionDisplayName: 'contains',
          },
        ],
      },

Actual request was sent to:
https://bla-bla.com?filters=%5Bobject%20Object%5D%2C%5Bobject%20Object%5D

[sciborski]

Any updates on this issue?

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[nicooprat]

Still happening in Cypress 13.12.0