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ive got some troubles with getting text from div which has got class name and id, I tried element(by.css('.panel-body')).getText();<-return object Objct element(by.className('panel-body')).getText();<-return object Object element(by.id('message-body')).getText();<-return object Object element(by.xpath('//*[@id="message-body"]/text()[3]')).getText()<-return textObject there is HTML view, I need to get this link 0.0.0.0:3000...

HTML view, I need to get this link 0.0.0.0:3000 into string, Can you help me? Thanks:)

Ok, getText returns promise, is there any way to extract string from that object? — Jędrek Markowski
– Jędrek Markowski, Commented Jul 28, 2017 at 9:56
you have to resolve the promise. pls refer this link - stackoverflow.com/questions/29478905/… — Ram Pasala
– Ram Pasala, Commented Jul 28, 2017 at 10:02

Florent B. · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-28 11:10:25Z

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Use a regular expression to extract the URL:

element(by.css('#message-body'))
  .getText()
  .then(text => text.match(/[^"\s]+\/student\/register\/\?[^"\s]+/)[0])
  .then(url => console.log(url));

answered Jul 28, 2017 at 11:10

Florent B.

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Jędrek Markowski Over a year ago

Thanks, do you know maybe how to return this url out of that function? Its undefined when I return it inside .then, and when I return all element with return inside .then it returns object of element :)

Florent B. Over a year ago

You are dealing with asynchronous calls, thus it's not possible to directly get the result from a function. That said, the function returns a Promise that can be resolved with .then. So if you wish to use the url elsewhere, then store it in a global variable or return the Promise and resolve it when you need the value.

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