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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?

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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  
});
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  • I'm having issues with this again. In my page object file, the link is located by css. What I need to do is click this link, and then store the url so that I can access it again later. Any recommendations on how to do sp?
    – kylokyler
    Sep 21, 2017 at 16:00
  • @Kelsey I think you can resolve the browser.getCurrentUrl() promise once you click the link. But, please do ask a separate question if you need further help. This way we are not going to pollute comments here and more people may potentially help you if it's a separate topic. Thanks for understanding.
    – alecxe
    Sep 21, 2017 at 16:02

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