The difference between the element (...) and the element (...). GetWebElement () in Protractor

Question

• Why do we need element(...).getWebElement()over element(...)when both work in exactly the same way
• Why two APIs for the same functionality

Answer 1

Protractor- convenient wrapper around bindings WebDriverJS- javacript selenium.

• element(...)will result in the ElementFinderinstance represented in Protractor
• element(...).getWebElement()will result in an instance WebElementof WebDriverJS. Basically, it gives you access to pure bare metals WebElement.

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getWebElement() - ElementFinder script - getWebElement() :

var elm = element(by.id("myid")); 
browser.executeScript("arguments[0].click()", elm.getWebElement());

ElementFinder :

browser.executeScript("arguments[0].click()", elm);  // not gonna work as of now