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parchambeau
parchambeau

Reputation: 1141

Protractor getAttribute('value') returning as null

I'm fairly new to Protractor and am having some difficulty in obtaining the text from an error box that displays only when a certain condition is met.

I am sure that it is just a syntax issue. Below is the line I am using to attempt to get the "text" that displays in the box, and compare it to a preset static string.

expect(element(by.css('[ng-switch-default=""]')).getAttribute('value')).toEqual(expected_error_message);

I am receiving the message back:

Message: Expected null to equal 'User with login [email protected]' already exists.'

So basically there is nothing to compare strings against because the value that "getAttribute('value') is supposed to grab is returning null".

The block of HTML that I am referencing is found below:

<div ng-class="config.message" ng-switch="" on="toaster.bodyOutputType"         class="toast-message"><div ng-switch-default="" class="ng-binding">User with login  '[email protected]' already exists.</div></div>

Upvotes: 2

Views: 9036

Answers (2)

Zdeněk Mlčoch
Zdeněk Mlčoch

Reputation: 752

I have fallen to another hole. I accidentally selected label element, so sendKeys() method works, but getAttribute('value') has not.

Upvotes: 0

hankduan
hankduan

Reputation: 6034

It looks like your message is not an attribute, but the text for the div. Try:

expect(element(by.css('[ng-switch-default=""]')).getText()).toEqual(expected_error_message);

Upvotes: 5

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