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File: class-jshandle.md | Updated: 11/18/2025

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JSHandle represents an in-page JavaScript object. JSHandles can be created with the Page.evaluateHandle() method.

JSHandle windowHandle = page.evaluateHandle("() => window");// ...

JSHandle prevents the referenced JavaScript object being garbage collected unless the handle is exposed with JSHandle.dispose() . JSHandles are auto-disposed when their origin frame gets navigated or the parent context gets destroyed.

JSHandle instances can be used as an argument in Page.evalOnSelector() , Page.evaluate() and Page.evaluateHandle() methods.

Methods​

asElement​

Added before v1.9 jsHandle.asElement

Returns either null or the object handle itself, if the object handle is an instance of ElementHandle .

Usage

JSHandle.asElement();

Returns

dispose​

Added before v1.9 jsHandle.dispose

The jsHandle.dispose method stops referencing the element handle.

Usage

JSHandle.dispose();

Returns

evaluate​

Added before v1.9 jsHandle.evaluate

Returns the return value of expression .

This method passes this handle as the first argument to expression .

If expression returns a Promise , then handle.evaluate would wait for the promise to resolve and return its value.

Usage

ElementHandle tweetHandle = page.querySelector(".tweet .retweets");assertEquals("10 retweets", tweetHandle.evaluate("node => node.innerText"));

Arguments

  • expression String #

    JavaScript expression to be evaluated in the browser context. If the expression evaluates to a function, the function is automatically invoked.

  • arg EvaluationArgument (optional)#

    Optional argument to pass to expression .

Returns

evaluateHandle​

Added before v1.9 jsHandle.evaluateHandle

Returns the return value of expression as a JSHandle .

This method passes this handle as the first argument to expression .

The only difference between jsHandle.evaluate and jsHandle.evaluateHandle is that jsHandle.evaluateHandle returns JSHandle .

If the function passed to the jsHandle.evaluateHandle returns a Promise , then jsHandle.evaluateHandle would wait for the promise to resolve and return its value.

See Page.evaluateHandle() for more details.

Usage

JSHandle.evaluateHandle(expression);JSHandle.evaluateHandle(expression, arg);

Arguments

  • expression String #

    JavaScript expression to be evaluated in the browser context. If the expression evaluates to a function, the function is automatically invoked.

  • arg EvaluationArgument (optional)#

    Optional argument to pass to expression .

Returns

getProperties​

Added before v1.9 jsHandle.getProperties

The method returns a map with own property names as keys and JSHandle instances for the property values.

Usage

JSHandle handle = page.evaluateHandle("() => ({ window, document })");Map<String, JSHandle> properties = handle.getProperties();JSHandle windowHandle = properties.get("window");JSHandle documentHandle = properties.get("document");handle.dispose();

Returns

getProperty​

Added before v1.9 jsHandle.getProperty

Fetches a single property from the referenced object.

Usage

JSHandle.getProperty(propertyName);

Arguments

  • propertyName String #

    property to get

Returns

jsonValue​

Added before v1.9 jsHandle.jsonValue

Returns a JSON representation of the object. If the object has a toJSON function, it will not be called.

note

The method will return an empty JSON object if the referenced object is not stringifiable. It will throw an error if the object has circular references.

Usage

JSHandle.jsonValue();

Returns