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Get Text

Get Text

Section titled “Get Text”

Type: page-get-text  ·  Package: Browser v1.0.0  ·  Output: string

Reads the visible text of an element (its innerText) and returns it as a string. It is the key activity for extracting data from a page: a total, a name, a status message, a search result.

How it works

Section titled “How it works”

Locates the element by its selector, waits for it to appear (up to timeout) and returns its visible text. Save the result in an output variable for later use.

Required parameters

Section titled “Required parameters”
ParameterEditorDescription
selectorselectorThe element whose text you want to read.

Optional parameters

Section titled “Optional parameters”
ParameterEditorDescription
pagesessionThe page session. Omit it inside a body; outside, pass = page.
timeoutnumberMaximum ms to wait for the element. By default 30000.

Output

Section titled “Output”

Returns a string with the text visible. Save it in a variable (Output field).

Example

Section titled “Example”
Page Get Text   selector = (.saldo-actual)   → output: saldoTexto
Set Variable    name = saldo   value = = parseDouble(replace(replace(saldoTexto, "$", ""), ".", ""))
Log             message = = "Saldo: " + saldo
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