conditional testing in cypress - testing if element exist - automation

Question

in my automation, I'm trying to find an element with a specific text on a page.
to be more specific: every page is a movie info page and has a list of actors and I'm trying to find a specific actor.
if found I will count it - count ++.
if not I will move to the next page and try to find it there.
again and again, until I searched all of the pages.
The problem I encountered is how to get the text of the elements, and whenever the automation does not find the text it crashes.
the element : <a data-testid="title-cast-item__actor" href="/name/nm2794962?ref_=tt_cl_t_1" class="StyledComponents__ActorName-y9ygcu-1 eyqFnv">Hailee Steinfeld</a>
the one thing that separates the identification of the elements is the inner text (the name of the actor)

Answer 1

Something like this:
let x = 0;
cy.visit('/your/pages')
cy.get('[data-testid="title-cast-item__actor"]')
.contains('Hailee Steinfeld')
.then(() => cy.log(`Count: ${++x}`));
or with visiting all your pages:
let x = 0;
const pages = ['/page1', '/page2'];
cy.wrap(pages).each((page) => {
cy.visit(page);
cy.get('[data-testid="title-cast-item__actor"]')
.invoke('text')
.then((text) => {
cy.log(`Actor: ${text}`);
if (text === 'Hailee Steinfeld') {
x++;
}
return cy.wrap(x);
})
}).should('be.greaterThan', 0);
But be aware that conditional testing is something that is not recommended by cypress. See https://docs.cypress.io/guides/core-concepts/conditional-testing#The-problem