How to convert WebElement to TestObject in katalon studio?

Question

I have WebElement which I have to convert into Testobject in katalon using groovy script.

For Example

List<WebElement> WEs = WebUI.executeJavaScript("return document.querySelector('#email').parentElement", [])

Now I want to convert WEs[0] to TestObject which Katalon accepts.

Please let me know if you have an idea about this.

Answer 1

There is no direct way to convert WebElements to TestObjects. According to this forum question, you could create a function to get the xpath of the web element

protected String getXPathFromElement(RemoteWebElement element) {
    String elementDescription = element.toString();
    return elementDescription.substring(elementDescription.lastIndexOf("-> xpath: ") + 10, elementDescription.lastIndexOf("]"));
}

and then create a new test object with the given xpath:

protected TestObject fromElement(RemoteWebElement element) {
    TestObject testObject = new TestObject();
    testObject.addProperty("xpath", ConditionType.EQUALS, getXPathFromElement(element));
    return testObject;
}

NOTE:

For other way around (Test Object -> WebElement), use

WebUiCommonHelper.findWebElement(test-object, timeout)