# Aliasing

Examples of referencing DOM elements or resources for later use in Cypress, for a full reference of commands, go to docs.cypress.io

#### .as()

To alias a route or DOM element for use later, use the `.as()` command.

    // The following DOM command chain is unwieldy.
    // To avoid repeating it, let's use `.as()`!
    cy.get('.as-table')
      .find('tbody>tr').first()
      .find('td').first()
      .find('button').as('firstBtn')

    // To reference the alias we created, we place an
    // @ in front of its name
    cy.get('@firstBtn').click()

    cy.get('@firstBtn')
      .should('have.class', 'btn-success')
      .and('contain', 'Changed')

    // Alias the route to wait for its response

    cy.intercept('GET', '**/comments/*').as('getComment')

    // we have code that gets a comment when
    // the button is clicked in scripts.js
    cy.get('.network-btn').click()

    // https://on.cypress.io/wait
    cy.wait('@getComment').its('response.statusCode').should('eq', 200)

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