Struggling to retrieve a value from a WebDriver promise in a Protractor solution using TypeScript, the response keeps coming back as undefined.
get nameInput(): string {
var value: string;
this.nameElement.getAttribute('value').then(v => value = v);
return value;
}
In the current scenario, it appears that the function is not properly handling the timing of the promise resolution. To address this, I attempted to refactor the code by changing the return type to WebDriver's promise:
getNameInput(): webdriver.promise.Promise<string> {
var nameElement = element(by.id('name'));
return nameElement.getText().then(v => { return v });
}
However, the return value is showing up as Function instead of the actual result stored in v. This issue seems to be related to Jasmine's handling of promises, which behaves differently compared to running the code in JavaScript.
While I understand that executing the promise directly within the expectation may work, my preference is to separate the logic into standalone functions and pass them to expectations without adding promise-related complexity to test cases.
Any suggestions or insights on how to tackle this?