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title: "Read Text From Web Element Step"
url: "https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/read-text-from-web-element-step"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-03-27T08:48:13.182Z"
---

# Read Text From Web Element Step

The Read Text From Web Element step grabs text from a web element. It then saves this text into a string variable. Use this step to pull information like product names, prices, or status messages from web pages.

## How to Use Read Text From Web Element

Use this step to get text from a specific element on a web page.

### Step 1: Add the Step

1.  Drag and drop the "Read Text From Web Element" step into your process.
2.  (Optional) Give the step a custom name in the "Step Name" field.

### Step 2: Configure Input Parameters

1.  **Selector Type:** Choose how you will find the web element from the dropdown menu.
    -   Class Name
    -   CSS Selector
    -   Name
    -   Id
    -   Link Text
    -   Partial Link Text
    -   Tag Name
    -   XPath
2.  **Selector Value:** Type in the specific value for your chosen Selector Type.
    -   For example, if "Selector Type" is "Id", type the element's ID here.
    -   You can find these values by looking at the web page in your browser's inspector.
3.  **Driver Reference:** Give the variable that holds your web browser's driver instance.
4.  **Wait for Element until timeout \[ms\]:** Type the longest time (in milliseconds) the robot should wait for the element to show up.

### Step 3: Configure Output Parameters

1.  **Extracted attribute variable name:** Type the name of the string variable where the text you pulled will be stored.
    -   If the variable doesn't exist, the system will make it.

## Parameters Explained

**Step Name** (Optional)

-   A custom name for the process step.
-   This name shows up on the step box in the editor.

**Selector Type** (Required)

-   Tells the robot how to find the web element.
-   **Options:** Class Name, CSS Selector, Name, Id, Link Text, Partial Link Text, Tag Name, XPath.

**Selector Value** (Required)

-   The specific way to identify the web element, based on the Selector Type you picked.
-   **Example:** If `Selector Type` is `Id`, `Selector Value` could be `product-title`.

**IFrame Selector Type** (Optional)

-   Defines how the iframe containing the target web element is identified.
-   Options: `Class Name`, `CSS Selector`, `Name`, `Id`, `Link Text`, `Partial Link Text`, `Tag Name`, `XPath`
-   Select the option that best identifies the iframe you want to interact with.

**IFrame Selector Value** (Optional)

-   Specifies the value used to locate the iframe based on the selected **IFrame Selector Type**.
-   Example: If *IFrame Selector Type* is `Id`, the *IFrame Selector Value* could be `paymentIframe`.
-   Use this when the element you want to interact with is located inside an iframe.

**Driver Reference** (Required)

-   The variable that holds your web browser instance.

**Wait for Element until timeout \[ms\]** (Required)

-   The longest time (in milliseconds) the robot will wait for the web element to load.
-   **Example:** `5000` (for 5 seconds).

**Addditional Selectors** (Optional)

-   List of selectors, allowing you to define multiple selectors for the same step
-   If the primary selector fails and additional selectors are defined, the step will automatically try the additional selectors in order.
-   You can add, remove, and reorder selectors at any time.
-   Any selector can be promoted to the primary selector, which will swap its position with the current primary selector.
-   Each selector is evaluated for the duration of the timeout defined on the step before moving on to the next one.
-   If you want to promote a selector to be the primary selector, first provide all required details (selector type and value), then click the swap icon next to selector type.

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 The log indicates which selector was successfully resolved. If a secondary selector from the selector list is consistently matched, you may consider setting it as the primary selector.

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**Extracted attribute variable name** (Required)

-   The name of the string variable that will hold the text taken from the web element.
-   **Example:** `productDescription`

## Related Articles

-   [Define Variable Step - Robotiq.ai Help Center](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/define-variable-step)
-   [Set Variable Value Step - Robotiq.ai Help Center](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/set-variable-value-step)
-   [Type Into Web Element Step](https://docs.robotiq.ai/en/article/type-into-web-element-step)

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