Can't access javascript text via css selector

Question

I wan to be able to select the contents of the following script tag.

<script type="text/javascript" class="sample">
  /* <![CDATA[ */
  var test = {};
  test.hey = 1;
  /* ]]> */
</script>

Running $(".sample").text() in geb results in an empty string. Is there a way to access the plain text script contents?

Answer 1

Not familiar with the framework you mentioned but it is possible that $(".sample").text() returns an empty string because the code within the <script> tag is not a visible piece of HTML. As mentioned in this SO post try using either $(".sample").html().

This of course is assuming that the gebish framework API supports a .html() method on the object. You could find something equivalent in the API docs if this solution does not work.