Locate a link and copy it without clicking in protractor

Question

I need to locate a link on the page and copy it or store it as a string without clicking it in a protractor test. I can locate the element but am not sure how to store it as a string. Suggestions?

Answer 1

The problem is that all the selenium-specific Protractor methods return promises.

You will have to store the link as a "promise" and resolve once the value is needed:

var link = $("#mylink_id").getAttribute("href");

link.then(function (actualLinkAsString) {
    // do something with actualLinkAsString  
});