turn table to object -

index.js - assume one table in the page

(function(){
  var rows = _.map($('table tr'), function(r){ 
  	return _.map($(r).find('td'),function(c){
  		var $c = $(c);
  		if ( $c.children().length > 0){ // get only visible text
  			return $(c).find('*:not(:has(*)):visible').text();
  		}else{ // no children.. get text
  			return $(c).text();
  		}
  	});
  });
  
  var header = rows[0];
  rows.splice(0,1);
  var objs = _.map(rows, function(r){  // convert each row to object
  	var me = {};
	_.each(header,function(h,index){
  		me[h.toLowerCase()] = r[index].trim();
  	});
  	return me;
  });
  return objs;
})()

index.js - for protractor

/**

Use it like so: 

browser.executeScript(getAllAttributes, 'table').then(...)
**/


function tableToJson( selector ){
  var rows = _.map($(selector).find('tr'), function(r){ 
  	return _.map($(r).find('td'),function(c){
  		var $c = $(c);
  		if ( $c.children().length > 0){ // get only visible text
  			return $(c).find('*:not(:has(*)):visible').text();
  		}else{ // no children.. get text
  			return $(c).text();
  		}
  	});
  });
  
  var header = rows[0];
  rows.splice(0,1);
  var objs = _.map(rows, function(r){  // convert each row to object
  	var me = {};
	_.each(header,function(h,index){
  		me[h.toLowerCase()] = r[index].trim();
  	});
  	return me;
  });
  return objs;
}