Protractor error message returns a Object

Question

I am expecting that the value_key (translation) is found by protractor and returns true, so that the test succeeds.

In my test-spec.js file I

it('test if tile "Value of Key" shows result text', function() {
   expect(
     element(by.xpath('//*[@id="idname"]/div/h3')
   ).getText()).toEqual(helpers.translate('value_key'));
});

Protractor error Message: Expected 'Value of Key' to equal Object({ $$state: Object({ status: 0 }), catch: Object({ }), then: Object({ }), finally: Object({ }) }).

Thank you for your help

Answer 1

It looks like your helpers.translate() function returns a promise .

In Protractor/Jasmine, only the left part of the assertion - the expect() part is capable of resolving promises implicitly. The right part, toEqual() in your case, is not.

Resolve the promise explicitly :

helpers.translate('value_key').then(function(value) {
    var text = element(by.xpath('//*[@id="idname"]/div/h3')).getText();
    expect(text).toEqual(value);
});

---

You can also use protractor.promise.all() to resolve both promises and then assert:

var promise1 = element(by.xpath('//*[@id="idname"]/div/h3')).getText();
var promise2 = helpers.translate('value_key');

protractor.promise.all([promise1, promise2]).then(function(values) {
   expect(values[0]).toEqual(values[1]);
});

Not that there are currently issues with using protractor.promise.all() in 4.0.0 (should be fixed in the next version(s) ). Workaround is available here.