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## Protocol.DOM.DescribeNodeRequest interface

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export interface DescribeNodeRequest 
```

## Properties

|  Property | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  [backendNodeId](./puppeteer.protocol.dom.describenoderequest.backendnodeid.md) | [BackendNodeId](./puppeteer.protocol.dom.backendnodeid.md) | Identifier of the backend node. |
|  [depth](./puppeteer.protocol.dom.describenoderequest.depth.md) | [integer](./puppeteer.protocol.integer.md) | The maximum depth at which children should be retrieved, defaults to 1. Use -1 for the entire subtree or provide an integer larger than 0. |
|  [nodeId](./puppeteer.protocol.dom.describenoderequest.nodeid.md) | [NodeId](./puppeteer.protocol.dom.nodeid.md) | Identifier of the node. |
|  [objectId](./puppeteer.protocol.dom.describenoderequest.objectid.md) | [Runtime.RemoteObjectId](./puppeteer.protocol.runtime.remoteobjectid.md) | JavaScript object id of the node wrapper. |
|  [pierce](./puppeteer.protocol.dom.describenoderequest.pierce.md) | boolean | Whether or not iframes and shadow roots should be traversed when returning the subtree (default is false). |