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## Frame.$eval() method
Signature:
```typescript
$eval(selector: string, pageFunction: (element: Element, ...args: unknown[]) => ReturnType | Promise, ...args: SerializableOrJSHandle[]): Promise>;
```
## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| selector | string | the selector to query for |
| pageFunction | (element: Element, ...args: unknown\[\]) => ReturnType \| Promise<ReturnType> | the function to be evaluated in the frame's context |
| args | [SerializableOrJSHandle](./puppeteer.serializableorjshandle.md)\[\] | additional arguments to pass to pageFunction
|
Returns:
Promise<[WrapElementHandle](./puppeteer.wrapelementhandle.md)<ReturnType>>
## Remarks
This method runs `document.querySelector` within the frame and passes it as the first argument to `pageFunction`.
If `pageFunction` returns a Promise, then `frame.$eval` would wait for the promise to resolve and return its value.
## Example
```js
const searchValue = await frame.$eval('#search', el => el.value);
```