I guess that one is no longer needed

tests/frontend/cypress/e2e/sample.cy.js

@@ -4,22 +4,27 @@ describe("Sample view test - mwdb-core", function () {
   it("Sample view test - existent and non-existent md5 and sha256 hashes", function () {
     requestLogin(Cypress.env("user"), Cypress.env("password"));
 
-    const fileName = "TEST";
-    const method = "POST";
-    const apiUrl = "/api/file";
-
-    const fileType = "text/plain";
 
     const addedFile = new Cypress.Promise((resolve) => {
+      const fileName = "TEST";
+      const method = "POST";
+      const apiUrl = "/api/file";
+
+      const fileType = "text/plain";
+
       cy.get("@token").then((token) => {
         cy.fixture(fileName).then((bin) => {
           const blob = Cypress.Blob.binaryStringToBlob(bin, fileType);
           const formData = new FormData();
           formData.set("file", blob, fileName);
-
-          cy.formRequest(method, apiUrl, formData, token).then((response) => {
+          cy.request({
+              url: apiUrl,
+              method,
+              headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer " + token},
+              body: formData,
+          }).then((response) => {
             expect(response.status).to.eq(200);
-            resolve(response.response.body);
+            resolve(response.body);
           });
         });
       });

tests/frontend/cypress/support/commands.js

@@ -23,17 +23,3 @@
 //
 // -- This will overwrite an existing command --
 // Cypress.Commands.overwrite("visit", (originalFn, url, options) => { ... })
-
-Cypress.Commands.add("formRequest", (method, url, formData, token) => {
-  return cy
-    .intercept(method, url)
-    .as("formRequest")
-    .window()
-    .then((win) => {
-      let xhr = new win.XMLHttpRequest();
-      xhr.open(method, url);
-      xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + token);
-      xhr.send(formData);
-    })
-    .wait("@formRequest");
-});