getHTML

Get source code of specified DOM element by selector.

Usage

$(selector).getHTML(includeSelectorTag)

Parameters

Name	Type	Details
includeSelectorTag optional	Boolean	if true it includes the selector element tag (default: true)

Examples

Asynchronous Mode

index.html

<div id="test">
    <span>Lorem ipsum dolor amet</span>
</div>

getHTML.js

it('should get html for certain elements', async () => {
    var outerHTML = await $('#test').getHTML();
    console.log(outerHTML);
    // outputs:
    // "<div id="test"><span>Lorem ipsum dolor amet</span></div>"

    var innerHTML = await $('#test').getHTML(false);
    console.log(innerHTML);
    // outputs:
    // "<span>Lorem ipsum dolor amet</span>"
});

Synchronous Mode

index.html

<div id="test">
    <span>Lorem ipsum dolor amet</span>
</div>

getHTML.js

it('should get html for certain elements', () => {
    var outerHTML = $('#test').getHTML();
    console.log(outerHTML);
    // outputs:
    // "<div id="test"><span>Lorem ipsum dolor amet</span></div>"

    var innerHTML = $('#test').getHTML(false);
    console.log(innerHTML);
    // outputs:
    // "<span>Lorem ipsum dolor amet</span>"
});

caution

Synchronous Mode will depcrecated with Node.js v16. With an update to the underlying Chromium version it became technically impossible to provide the same synchronous behavior. We recommend to start transition to asynchronous command execution. For more information, see our RFC.