Selection.closest(selector)

For each element in the set, get the first element that matches the selector by testing the element itself and traversing up through its ancestors in the DOM tree. Mimics jquery.closest

Parameter	Type	Description
selector	string	A string containing a selector expression to match elements against

Returns

Type	Description
Selection	Selection.

Example

import { parseHTML } from 'k6/html';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export default function () {
  const content = `
  <ul id="one" class="level-1">
  <li class="item-i">I</li>
  <li id="ii" class="item-ii">II
    <ul class="level-2">
      <li class="item-a">A</li>
      <li class="item-b">B
        <ul class="level-3">
          <li class="item-1">1</li>
          <li class="item-2">2</li>
          <li class="item-3">3</li>
        </ul>
      </li>
      <li class="item-c">C</li>
    </ul>
  </li>
  <li class="item-iii">III</li>
</ul>
  `;
  const doc = parseHTML(content);

  const sel = doc.find('li.item-a').closest('ul');
  console.log(sel.attr('class'));
  sleep(1);
}