[Answers](https://scrapfly.io/blog)   /  [nodejs](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/nodejs)   /  [How to find HTML elements by text with Cheerio and NodeJS?](https://scrapfly.io/blog/answers/how-to-find-html-elements-by-text-with-cheerio)   # How to find HTML elements by text with Cheerio and NodeJS?

 by [Bernardas Alisauskas](https://scrapfly.io/blog/author/bernardas) Oct 31, 2022 1 min read [\#nodejs](https://scrapfly.io/blog/tag/nodejs) 

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Using NodeJS' Cheerio we can find any HTML element by partial or exact text value using the `:contains()` pseudo selector:

javascript```javascript
const cheerio = require('cheerio');

const $ = cheerio.load(`
    <a>ignore</a>
<a href="http://example.com">link</a>
<a>ignore</a>
`);
console.log(
    $('a:contains("link")').text()
);
"link"
```



This selector is **case sensitive** so it might be dangerous to use in web scraping. Instead, it's advised to filter values by text:

javascript```javascript
const cheerio = require('cheerio');

const $ = cheerio.load(`
    <a>ignore</a>
<a href="http://example.com">Link</a>
<a>ignore</a>
`);

console.log(
    $('a').filter(
        (i, element) => { return $(element).text().toLowerCase().includes("link")}
    ).text()
);
"link"
```





 

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