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title: "Getting an element's text"
slug: "getting-an-elements-text"
updated: 2025-09-30T06:20:32Z
published: 2025-09-30T06:20:32Z
canonical: "helpcenter.autify.com/getting-an-elements-text"
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# Getting an element's text

[](https://helpcenter.autify.com/docs/en/text-assertions)

[](https://helpcenter.autify.com/docs/en/text-assertions)

Autify Nexus contains native functionality to [assert on the text content of an element](https://helpcenter.autify.com/docs/how-to-get-an-elements-text-content-for-use-in-a-later-step), and we recommend that you use that functionality as often as possible.

In the event that it is not possible to use a standard assertion, the Playwright code snippet below can be used as a workaround.

### How to set it up

1. Get the CSS selector of the target element, and make a note of it.
2. Insert a Playwright code step into the scenario and copy and paste the following snippet into the Playwright code step.

```typescript
// TODO: Please replace the selector with the one for the target element
const selector = "<TODO: REPLACE SELECTOR>";

// Get the text content of the element
// If the element is not found, the test will fail here
const text = await page.locator(selector).first().textContent();
return text;
```

1. Replace `&lt;TODO: REPLACE SELECTOR&gt;` in the snippet above with the CSS selector noted in step 1.