You can tag your DOM element using #someTag, then get it with @ViewChild('someTag').
See complete example:
import {AfterViewInit, Component, ElementRef, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
@Component({
selector: 'app',
template: `
<div #myDiv>Some text</div>
`,
})
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit {
@ViewChild('myDiv') myDiv: ElementRef;
ngAfterViewInit() {
console.log(this.myDiv.nativeElement.innerHTML);
}
}
console.log will print Some text.