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Method	Retrieves	Affected by JS?	Returns Hidden Content?
`getAttribute("name")`	HTML attribute or DOM property	✅ Yes	❌ No
`getDomAttribute("name")`	HTML attribute (strict)	❌ No	❌ No
`getDomProperty("name")`	DOM property (live JS value)	✅ Yes	❌ No
`getText()`	Visible on-screen text	✅ Yes	❌ No

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