Protractor console log

Question

I want to output the text of a div in my protractor test, so far I have:

console.log(ptor.findElement(protractor.By.id('view-container')).getText());

but this outputs

[object Object]

I tried "toString()" and same result.

Is there a way to output the text to the console?

Answer 1

getText and most other Protractor methods return promises. You want to put your console.log statement inside the promise resolution:

Using the new Protractor syntax:

element(by.id('view-container')).getText().then(function(text) {
  console.log(text);
});