basic-navigation Scenario 13 — Extract Text from Shadow DOM

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Advanced ~10 min

Prerequisites: basic-navigation/9 basic-navigation/10

What You'll Learn

Pierce open shadow roots and extract nested text

Real-World Use Case

Scraping web components from modern frameworks

LIVE DEMO

Shadow DOM Content

A Vue island attaches an open shadow root with hidden text after hydration.

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Shadow DOM Text

This text lives inside a Shadow DOM

RTILA X PROJECT JSON

RTILA X Automation Project

extract-shadow-dom-text.json

    {
  "name": "Extract_Text_From_Shadow_DOM",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/basic-navigation/13"
    ],
    "headless": false,
    "navigation_timeout": 30000,
    "max_concurrent_workers": 1,
    "humanoidEnabled": true,
    "humanoidSensitivity": "medium"
  },
  "datasets": {
    "shadow_text": {
      "item_selector": "css=div#shadow-host",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "shadow_content",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.shadow-content"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "goto",
      "params": {
        "url": "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/basic-navigation/13"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=div#shadow-host"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "shadow_text"
      }
    }
  ]
}

RTILA X Concepts

RTILA X uses Patchright, which pierces open shadow DOM automatically. Selectors inside a shadow root can be used the same way as regular DOM selectors once the parent host is identified.

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This scenario covers 2 RTILA X commands and is referenced in 2 learning articles.

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