How to read global variable from javascript

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Hello,

I can find a lots of examples how to extract text/data from webpage with power automate.

But, I cannot find any example how, from the webpage read a global variable (which is defined in javascript file)

I know the names of the these global variables which I want to read, but I don't know how.

Please, help

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Deenuji_Loganathan_ 6,255 Moderator on at

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@SuperDragonfly

Please check out the link below to see if it addresses your query:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76113217/displaying-power-automate-variable-text-in-web-browser-via-javascript-run-javas

If this doesn't provide the solution you're looking for, kindly provide additional details along with a sample site where a global variable is declared in JavaScript. We'll do our best to assist you further.

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@Deenuji It looks that your suggestion does something opposite to what I need.
It takes variable from power automate and send it to the variable inside webpage.

I want something opposite.

Maybe there is possible to put return statement in function ExecuteScript() in a such way that it will return a value of global variable to the power automate
And next I will just save this value to excel.

Firstly, I was thinking to use "Get details of element on web page" or "Extract data from web page" but I am newbie with javascript and selectors and I don't know how I should to set the: "UI Element"(maybe somehow mark as whole document), "Attribute name", or how I should fullfill "CSS Selector"

With Web Dev Tools writing in console the names of global variables I can get the values. But this is manual solution and I need it to be done automatically by power automate.

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Deenuji_Loganathan_ 6,255 Moderator on at

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See if the below example helps you.
For instance:
I attempted to retrieve some inner text from the Power Automate Desktop community page, and it functioned correctly. Please review the code below or copy and paste it into your system to observe its functionality.

Code:
WebAutomation.LaunchChrome.LaunchChrome Url: $'''https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Desktop/bd-p/MPADesktop''' WindowState: WebAutomation.BrowserWindowState.Maximized ClearCache: False ClearCookies: False WaitForPageToLoadTimeout: 60 Timeout: 60 PiPUserDataFolderMode: WebAutomation.PiPUserDataFolderModeEnum.AutomaticProfile BrowserInstance=> Browser
WebAutomation.ExecuteJavascript BrowserInstance: Browser Javascript&colon; $'''function ExecuteScript() {
var Titleheader= document.querySelector(\"#lia-body > div.lia-page > div.MinimumWidthContainer > div > div > div > div.lia-quilt.lia-quilt-forum-page.lia-quilt-layout-two-column-main-side.lia-top-quilt > div.common_pageTitle > h1 > span\").innerText;
return Titleheader;
}''' Result=> Result

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