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sidebar_label: Page.locator
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# Page.locator() method

<h2 id="locator">locator(): Locator&lt;NodeFor&lt;Selector&gt;&gt;</h2>

Creates a locator for the provided selector. See [Locator](./puppeteer.locator.md) for details and supported actions.

### Signature

```typescript
class Page {
  locator<Selector extends string>(
    selector: Selector,
  ): Locator<NodeFor<Selector>>;
}
```

## Parameters

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Parameter

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Type

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Description

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selector

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Selector

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[selector](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#selectors) to query the page for. [CSS selectors](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Selectors) can be passed as-is and a [Puppeteer-specific selector syntax](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#non-css-selectors) allows quering by [text](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#text-selectors--p-text), [a11y role and name](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#aria-selectors--p-aria), and [xpath](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#xpath-selectors--p-xpath) and [combining these queries across shadow roots](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#querying-elements-in-shadow-dom). Alternatively, you can specify the selector type using a [prefix](https://pptr.dev/guides/page-interactions#prefixed-selector-syntax).

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**Returns:**

[Locator](./puppeteer.locator.md)&lt;[NodeFor](./puppeteer.nodefor.md)&lt;Selector&gt;&gt;

<h2 id="locator-1">locator(): Locator&lt;Ret&gt;</h2>

Creates a locator for the provided function. See [Locator](./puppeteer.locator.md) for details and supported actions.

### Signature

```typescript
class Page {
  locator<Ret>(func: () => Awaitable<Ret>): Locator<Ret>;
}
```

## Parameters

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Parameter

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Type

</th><th>

Description

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func

</td><td>

() =&gt; [Awaitable](./puppeteer.awaitable.md)&lt;Ret&gt;

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**Returns:**

[Locator](./puppeteer.locator.md)&lt;Ret&gt;
