JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="test">
    <span>1</span>
    <span>2</span>
    <span>3</span>
    <span>4</span>
<div>

JavaScript

var spans = document.getElementById('test').getElementsByTagName('span');//returns node-list of spans
for (var i=0;i<spans.length;i++)
{
    console.log(spans[i].innerText);//logs 1 for i === 0, 2 for i === 1 etc
}