basic-navigation Scenario 14 — Extract Text from an Iframe

Written by RTILA X Engineering Team

Advanced ~10 min

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

What You'll Learn

Switch context into an iframe for content extraction

Real-World Use Case

Scraping embedded third-party widgets

LIVE DEMO

Iframe Content

An iframe rendered with srcdoc containing a guaranteed text node.

EXPECTED OUTPUT

Iframe Text

This content is loaded inside an iframe

RTILA X PROJECT JSON

RTILA X Automation Project

extract-iframe-text.json

    {
  "name": "Extract_Text_From_Iframe",
  "settings": {
    "urls": [
      "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/basic-navigation/14"
    ]
  },
  "datasets": {
    "iframe_text": {
      "item_selector": "css=html",
      "properties": [
        {
          "name": "iframe_content",
          "type": "text",
          "selector": "css=.iframe-content"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "commands": [
    {
      "command": "goto",
      "params": {
        "url": "https://learn.rtila.com/scenarios/basic-navigation/14"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "wait_for_selector",
      "params": {
        "selector": "css=iframe#content-frame"
      }
    },
    {
      "command": "extract_data",
      "params": {
        "dataset": "iframe_text",
        "iframe": "css=iframe#content-frame"
      }
    }
  ]
}

RTILA X Concepts

When extraction must occur inside an iframe, pass the iframe parameter to extract_data. RTILA X switches the browser context into the iframe before resolving the dataset selectors.

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

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