---
id: api/commands/its
title: cy.its()
description: Get a property's value on the previously yielded subject in Cypress.
section: api
source_path: docs/api/commands/its.mdx
version: efcbe8c28d49ff52285a47072f279cb65f20c0fc
updated_at: '2026-09-09T13:41:20.773Z'
---
# its

Get a property's value on the previously yielded subject.

If you want to call a `function` on the previously yielded subject, use [`.invoke()`](/llm/markdown/api/commands/invoke.md).

## Syntax

```
.its(propertyName)
.its(propertyName, options)
```

### Usage

**Correct Usage**

```
cy.wrap({ width: '50' }).its('width') // Get the 'width' property
cy.window().its('sessionStorage') // Get the 'sessionStorage' property
```

**Incorrect Usage**

```
cy.its('window') // Errors, cannot be chained off 'cy'
cy.clearCookies().its('length') // Errors, 'clearCookies' does not yield Object
```

### Arguments

**propertyName _(String, Number)_**

Index, name of property or name of nested properties (with dot notation) to get.

**options _(Object)_**

Pass in an options object to change the default behavior of `.its()`.

| Option | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `log` | `true` | Displays the command in the [Command log](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/open-mode.md#Command-Log) |
| `timeout` | [`defaultCommandTimeout`](/llm/markdown/app/references/configuration.md#Timeouts) | Time to wait for `.its()` to resolve before [timing out](#Timeouts) |

### Yields

*   `.its()` 'yields the value of the property.
*   `.its()` is a query, and it is _safe_ to chain further commands.

## Examples

### Objects

#### Get property

```
cy.wrap({ age: 52 }).its('age').should('eq', 52) // true
```

### Arrays

#### Get index

```
cy.wrap(['Wai Yan', 'Yu']).its(1).should('eq', 'Yu') // true
```

### DOM Elements

#### Get the `length` property of a DOM element

```
cy.get('ul li') // this yields us a jquery object
  .its('length') // calls 'length' property returning that value
  .should('be.gt', 2) // ensure the length is greater than 2
```

### Requests

#### Get the `user` object of the response's `body`

```
cy
  .request(...)
  .its('body.user')
  .then(user => ...)
```

alternatively, use destructuring

```
cy
  .request(...)
  .its('body')
  .then(({user}) => ...)
```

### Strings

#### Get `length` of title

```
cy.title().its('length').should('eq', 24)
```

### Functions

#### Get function as property

```
const fn = () => {
  return 42
}

cy.wrap({ getNum: fn }).its('getNum').should('be.a', 'function')
```

#### Access function properties

You can access functions to then drill into their own properties instead of invoking them.

```
// Your app code
// a basic Factory constructor
const Factory = (arg) => {
  // ...
}

Factory.create = (arg) => {
  return new Factory(arg)
}

// assign it to the window
window.Factory = Factory
```

```
cy.window() // yields window object
  .its('Factory') // yields Factory function
  .invoke('create', 'arg') // now invoke properties on it
```

#### Use `.its()` to test `window.fetch`

[Check out our example recipe on testing `window.fetch` using `.its()`](/llm/markdown/app/references/recipes.md#Stubbing-and-spying)

### Nested Properties

You can drill into nested properties by using _dot notation_.

```
const user = {
  contacts: {
    work: {
      name: 'Kamil',
    },
  },
}

cy.wrap(user).its('contacts.work.name').should('eq', 'Kamil') // true
```

### Existence

#### Wait for some property to exist on `window`

```
cy.window()
  .its('globalProp')
  .then((globalProp) => {
    // do something now that window.globalProp exists
  })
```

#### Assert that a property does not exist on `window`

```
cy.window().its('evilProp').should('not.exist')
```

## Rules

### Requirements

*   `.its()` requires being chained off a previous command.

### Assertions

*   `.its()` will automatically [retry](/llm/markdown/app/core-concepts/retry-ability.md) until it has a property that is not `null` or `undefined`.

### Timeouts

*   `.its()` can time out waiting for the property to exist.
*   `.its()` can time out waiting for assertions you've added to pass.

## Command Log

**_Get `responseBody` of aliased route_**

```
cy.intercept('/comments', { fixture: 'comments.json' }).as('getComments')
cy.get('#fetch-comments').click()
cy.wait('@getComments')
  .its('response.body')
  .should(
    'deep.eq',
    JSON.stringify([
      { id: 1, comment: 'hi' },
      { id: 2, comment: 'there' },
    ])
  )
```

The commands above will display in the Command Log as:

When clicking on `its` within the command log, the console outputs the following:

## History

| Version | Changes |
| --- | --- |
| [3.8.0](/llm/markdown/app/references/changelog.md#3-8-0) | Added support for `options` argument |
| [3.7.0](/llm/markdown/app/references/changelog.md#3-7-0) | Added support for arguments of type Number for `propertyName` |

## See also

*   [`.invoke()`](/llm/markdown/api/commands/invoke.md)
*   [`.then()`](/llm/markdown/api/commands/then.md)
*   [`cy.wrap()`](/llm/markdown/api/commands/wrap.md)
*   [Adding custom properties to the global `window` with the right TypeScript type](https://github.com/bahmutov/test-todomvc-using-app-actions#intellisense)