Advanced templating techniques
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Turn off smart field inputs to use the following techniques
{{#escape}}{{name}}{{/escape}}// if {{name}} is 'aaaa"aaaa', this operator will add// a backslash before each special character for escaping them.// The result of templating will be: 'aaaa\"aaaa'
{{#stripNewLine}}this newline{{/stripNewLine}}// operator removes line breaks// result of templating will be: 'this new line'
This operator escapes \n (line breaks). Thanks to that a multiline JSON can be sent in the http-request body as follows:
//{{json}} is a field value with multiline json//body of the http-request:{"key":"{{#escape}}{{#escapeNewline}}{{json}}{{/escapeNewline}}{{/escape}}"}
Executes encodeUriComponent() for the string
{{#encodeURIComponent}}Mr. John Smith{{/encodeURIComponent}}
{{#formatDate|dd MMMM, Y}}{{date}}{{/formatDate|dd MMMM, Y}}// {{date}} == 2020-04-27T12:31:19.000Z// result of templating will be: 27 April, 2020
Learn more about date/time formats.
// shows if is_vip == true{{#is_vip}}vip{{/is_vip}}// shows if is_vip == false{{^is_vip}}not vip{{/is_vip}}
If a property has arrayLink type, we can nest its objects as follows:
// {{books_ids}} — field type of arrayLink// {{title}} and {{year}} — the fields of linked objects{{#books_ids}}– {{title}}, {{year}}{{/books_ids}}// If such {{books_ids}} contains, for example, three links,// such a construction will result as follows:// – Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791// - Crime and Punishment, 1866// - The Sun Also Rises, 1927
// We can template the Array field, iterationg its elements:{{#arr}}- {{.}}{{/arr}}// if {{arr}} == a,b,c// result of templating will be:// - a// - b// - c
Also, we can avoid empty elements of an array:
{{#musketeers}}{{#.}}- {{.}}{{/.}}{{/musketeers}}// {{musketeers}} == "Athos", "Aramis", "", "D'Artagnan"// result of templating will be:// - Athos// - Aramis// - D'Artagnan
Check the tips for advanced working with Arrays.
Let's a property has json-type, and equals to:
// {{book-json}} is a json-type field:{"title":"The Wealth of Nations","year": 1776,"autor: {"first_name":"Adam","last_name":"Smith"},"is_classic":true}
We can address to its properties as follows:
{{book-json.title}} == The Wealth of Nations{{book-json.is_classic}} == true{{book-json.autor.first_name}} == Adam
Remember, that if JSON contains array of objects, you have to apply JS SDK methods (here it is an instruction).
For using this feature you have to turn on Evaluate as a JS-expression
now == current date and timetoday == current date, time 00:00now -1 days == yesterdaytoday +N days == N days after todaynow +10 minutes +15 seconds == 10 minutes and 15 seconds after the current moment
