get text from html string javascript
<input id="input" /> <div id="div" contenteditable="true">Text in DIV</div> <p id="p" contenteditable="true">Text in paragraph</p> <script type="text/javascript"> // function to get text from HTML element function getText(id) { // if element is input then return the value if (document.getElementById(id).nodeName === "INPUT") { return document.getElementById(id).value; } // otherwise return the textContent return document.getElementById(id).textContent; } // print the current values console.log(getText("div")); console.log(getText("p")); </script>