Protractor: getInnerHtml() is not a function but getText() works

[philjones88]

Bug report

• Node Version: 7.4.0
• Protractor Version: 5.0.0
• Angular Version: 2.4.4
• Browser(s): chrome
• Operating System and Version OSX Sierra 10.12.2
• Your protractor configuration file
• A relevant example test

let error = 'An error occurred loading that page. Please try again.';
let securityError = 'Request rejected. You do not have permission for the resource requested.';

let pageContainer = this.master.pageContainer();

pageContainer.isPresent().then((present) => {
    console.log('expectNoErrorPage => present', present);
    console.log('expectNoErrorPage', pageContainer);

    if (!present) {
        return;
    }

    // Works
    pageContainer.getText().then((text) => console.log('expectNoErrorPage text', text));

    // Boom
    pageContainer.getInnerHtml().then((html) => console.log('expectNoErrorPage html', html));

    // Original code that blows up below..
    // expect(pageContainer.getInnerHtml()).not.toContain(error);
    // expect(pageContainer.getInnerHtml()).not.toContain(securityError);
});

• Output from running the test

expectNoErrorPage => present true
expectNoErrorPage ElementFinder {
... lots of stuff
}
....
Failed: pageContainer.getInnerHtml is not a function

• Steps to reproduce the bug

use .getInnerHtml() or .getOuterHtml()

• The URL you are running your tests against (if relevant)

[cnishina]

Please read the changelog, this was covered as a breaking change as well as a work around.

[philjones88]

@cnishina shame you can't do something to the typings and TS to highlight issues like that

[decoded4620]

What was the an actual reason those methods were removed from the Selenium WebDriver without replacements? Also curious, how can we update the public Any Angular 4 / protractor documentation to reflect the change. The ElementFinder API still states that this should be a working function.

[jmcollin78]

So the changelog says, we have to replace all:
let i = element(locator).getInnerHtml();
by:
let i = browser.executeScript("return arguments[0].innerHTML;", element(locator));
I really really prefer the first form which was natural and fully comprehensive for human being. Is it possible to revert that removal ?

[lezhumain]

Coming back from the future it's seems that it's now possible to do:

let i = browser.element(locator).getAttribute('innerHTML')

(See https://stackoverflow.com/a/27571812/3482730)