[GH-ISSUE #2221] [feature]: Add expect().toInclude([string]) method #765

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opened 2026-03-16 17:04:39 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-03-16 17:04:39 +03:00

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Originally created by @ace-n on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/2221

Originally assigned to: @ace-n on GitHub.

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Summary

Add a toInclude() method to pw.expect()

(toContain() could work too, but JS itself uses includes(), not contains().)

Why should this be worked on?

I want to assert that an unstructured page contains a certain string of text.

(For example, I want to assert that /attractions?q=egypt should contain Pyramids of Giza)

Current workaround

Currently, you can do the following:

pw.expect(pw.response.body.includes("example")).toBe(true)

This is suboptimal for two reasons:

It doesn't produce a detailed assertion message.
It's a bit verbose. 🙂

Contribution notes

I'm happy to take a first-pass at an implementation myself, if a maintainer is OK with it! 😄

Originally created by @ace-n on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/issues/2221 Originally assigned to: @ace-n on GitHub. ### Is there an existing issue for this? - [X] I have searched the existing issues ### Summary Add a `toInclude()` method to `pw.expect()` (`toContain()` could work too, but [JS itself](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/includes) uses `includes()`, not `contains()`.) ### Why should this be worked on? I want to assert that an unstructured page contains a certain string of text. (For example, I want to assert that `/attractions?q=egypt` should contain `Pyramids of Giza`) ### Current workaround Currently, you can do the following: ``` pw.expect(pw.response.body.includes("example")).toBe(true) ``` This is suboptimal for two reasons: 1) It doesn't produce a detailed assertion message. 2) It's a bit verbose. 🙂 ### Contribution notes I'm happy to take a first-pass at an implementation myself, if a maintainer is OK with it! 😄

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@liyasthomas commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022):

Hi @ace-n, feel free to pick up this feature request. Do let us know if you've any trouble understanding the source code. Assigning this to you.

@liyasthomas commented on GitHub (Apr 1, 2022): Hi @ace-n, feel free to pick up this feature request. Do let us know if you've any trouble understanding the source code. Assigning this to you.