Is there a way to make tests depend on each other?

[partounian]

For example instead of

describe("Promises", function () {
  it("should support asserting Biggie's best track", function () {
    var artist = "Notorious B.I.G.";
    return chakram.get("https://api.spotify.com/v1/search?q="+artist+"&type=artist")
    .then(function (searchResponse) {
      var bigID = searchResponse.body.artists.items[0].id;
      return chakram.get("https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/"+bigID+"/top-tracks?country=GB");
    })
    .then(function (topTrackResponse) {
      var topTrack = topTrackResponse.body.tracks[0];
      expect(topTrack.name).to.contain("Old Thing Back");
    });
  });
});  

or

describe("BDD + Hooks", function () {
  var thingName;
  before("post dweet", function () {
    thingName = "chakramtest" + Math.floor(Math.random()*2000);
    return chakram.post("https://dweet.io/dweet/for/"+thingName, {
      testing: "your API"
    });
  });
  
  it("should support getting latest dweet", function () {
    var postedData = chakram.get("https://dweet.io/get/latest/dweet/for/"+thingName);
    return expect(postedData).to.have.json('with[0].content', {
      testing: "your API"
    });
  });
  
  after("update dweet with result", function () {
    return chakram.post("https://dweet.io/dweet/for/"+thingName, {
      testing: "passed"
    });
  });
});

have them as separate tests that are dependent on each other? before and after are nice but what if it is more than three steps? In my specific case I want to create, update and then delete a gist, but would like them to be separate tests.