Javascript DOM method textContent can be used to get the text content inside a DOM. This can be useful to obtain content from a web page. Here is an example.
<div id="id1">
<div>child1</div>
<div>child2</div>
<a href="/">link text</a>
</div>
<textarea id="ta1" rows="5">-</textarea>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.addEventListener("load", showText);
function showText() {
var text = document.querySelector("#id1").textContent;
document.querySelector("#ta1").value = text;
}
</script>
