[Question] How can I get the text of <td> inside <table>?

[NICOGTZL]

Hello, I'm trying to get a code to verify my session, but I couldn't do it, the code I have to get is 5 characters code, in this case: HC6TJ which is inside of

html statement.

I've tried to copy the xpath of this

, using it in a locator with .textContent(); but this error occured:

WHAT I'VE TRIED:

String emailCode = page3.locator("xpath=/html/body/center[1]/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/table/tbody/tr[2]/td/table[3]/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td")
.textContent().replaceAll(" ", "");

System.out.println(emailCode);

ERROR:

Caused by: com.microsoft.playwright.TimeoutError: Error {
  message='Timeout 30000ms exceeded.
=========================== logs ===========================
waiting for selector "xpath=/html/body/center[1]/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[1]/td/table/tbody/tr[2]/td/table[3]/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr/td"
============================================================
  name='TimeoutError
  stack='TimeoutError: Timeout 30000ms exceeded.
=========================== logs ===========================

THE HTML TABLE GROUP.

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
				<tbody><tr>
					<td class="pb-70 mpb-50" style="padding-bottom: 70px;">
						<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#17191c">
							<tbody><tr>
								<td class="py-30 px-56" style="padding-top: 30px; padding-bottom: 30px; padding-left: 56px; padding-right: 56px;">
									<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
																				<tbody><tr>
											<td class="title-48 c-blue1 fw-b a-center" style="font-size:48px; line-height:52px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif, 'Motiva Sans'; color:#3a9aed; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">
												HC6TJ											</td>
										</tr>
									</tbody></table>
								</td>
							</tr>
						</tbody></table>
					</td>
				</tr>
			</tbody></table>

[mxschmitt]

We'd recommend Playwright Codegen to find a better selector, since your selector does not follow the best practises.

Also see here how to debug selectors.

[mxschmitt]

Is Playwright Codegen available for Java?

Yes, the link I sent you is about how to use it with Maven.

Usually it does not work because Playwright does not find the element. Lets see what Playwright codegen will emit?

[yury-s]

Closing as part of the triage process since it seemed stale or did not get enough upvotes in the past. Please create a new issue with a detailed reproducible or feature request if you still face issues.