# Can I get text from WebViewer?

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-get-text-from-webviewer/70079
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** beginner
**Created:** [February 23, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-get-text-from-webviewer/70079 "2019-02-23T17:38:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![point](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/point/32/113590_2.png) [@point](https://community.thunkable.com/u/point)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-get-text-from-webviewer/70079/1 "2019-02-23T17:38:51Z")

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I need to get some text from a site, how can I get it from WebViewer

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### Author: ![Sandeep\_Singh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/sandeep_singh/32/35875_2.png) [@Sandeep\_Singh](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Sandeep_Singh)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-get-text-from-webviewer/70079/2 "2019-02-24T14:46:43Z")

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Are you asking to find text in WebViewer? If yes then Not Possible.  
If not you can try Web component to get website content and search in it.

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### Author: ![Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/cian_o_sullivan/32/34494_2.png) [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Cian_O_Sullivan)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-get-text-from-webviewer/70079/3 "2019-02-24T16:56:54Z")

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In classic you can use this.

[https://puravidaapps.com/snippets.php#2webviewstring](https://puravidaapps.com/snippets.php#2webviewstring)

Might be worth testing in X.

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### Author: ![Sandeep\_Singh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/sandeep_singh/32/35875_2.png) [@Sandeep\_Singh](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Sandeep_Singh)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-get-text-from-webviewer/70079/4 "2019-02-24T17:56:11Z")

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> [@Cian\_O\_Sullivan](#):
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> In classic you can use this.
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> [https://puravidaapps.com/snippets.php#2webviewstring](https://puravidaapps.com/snippets.php#2webviewstring).

he is asking to get value/text  
Now want to know for ex. Can I get/find your name by running this site in webviewer?

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/can-i-get-text-from-webviewer/70079/5 "2024-11-08T12:16:14Z")

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