protractorJS chai - How do i use getText() to assert the text of elements within an array contains a string?

Question

I'm getting an error returned when trying to assert against the text found within an array of elements

 AssertionError: expected [ Array(1) ] to include 'This profile exists already and has two places.'

i declared the webelement reference in a page object file

i created a step that contains some code to verify the text within an array of elements

This is the webelement reference declared in the page object:

get importErrorsList(){
    return element.all(by.css('[ng-if="error.error.detailMessage"]'));
}

This is how i try to check the text within the array of web elements

                directoriesPageObj.importErrorsList.getText().then(function(text) {         
                    console.log('test console output: ' + text);
                    expect(text).to.contain(errorText);
                    callback();
                });

actual: i get the assertion error

expected: the test passes.

note that in the code for the steps, i have a console.log snippet, which outputs a string that does contain the string searching for: test console output: com.reputation.imex.imp.ImportException: This profile exists already and has two places. Using the CSV import is not supported for this profile

Answer 1

This is what worked for me eventually:

expect(directoriesPageObj.importErrorsList.getText()).to.eventually.contain(errorText).and.notify(callback);