Text Helpers

Text helpers transform text content from variables or any other strings.

Text

The main text helper exposes all of the methods available on the String built-in JavaScript object. You can use it to extract a part of text, replace characters, or split a text into multiple parts.

Here are a few examples of how you can use it.

Convert a string to lowercase

Template

{{text "FULL NAME" "toLowerCase"}}

{{text "FULL NAME" "toLowerCase"}}

Preview

full name

Convert First Name variable to lowercase

Template

{{text to.first_name "toLowerCase"}}

{{text to.first_name "toLowerCase"}}

Variables (JSON)

{"to": {"first_name": "JOHN Briskine"}}

{"to": {"first_name": "JOHN Briskine"}}

Preview

john briskine

Convert string to uppercase

Template

{{text "briskine" "toUpperCase"}}

{{text "briskine" "toUpperCase"}}

Preview

BRISKINE

Split email address and get domain

Template

{{lookup (text "john@briskine.com" "split" "@") 1}}

{{lookup (text "john@briskine.com" "split" "@") 1}}

Preview

briskine.com

Replace character in text

Template

{{text "john@briskine.com" "replace" "@" "+"}}

{{text "john@briskine.com" "replace" "@" "+"}}

Preview

john+briskine.com

Extract a part of text

Template

{{text "Briskine Dashboard" "slice" 3 14}}

{{text "Briskine Dashboard" "slice" 3 14}}

Preview

skine Dashb

Extract first name from email address

Get a person's first name from the TO email address. The email address must contain the first name, and can be formatted as john.doe@briskine.com or john@briskine.com.

Template

{{#with (lookup (text to.email "split" "@") 0) as | emailName | ~}} {{ capitalize (or (lookup (text emailName "split" ".") 0) emailName) }} {{~/with}}

{{#with (lookup (text to.email "split" "@") 0) as | emailName | ~}}
{{ capitalize (or (lookup (text emailName "split" ".") 0)  emailName) }}
{{~/with}}

Variables (JSON)

{"to": {"email": "john.doe@briskine.com"}}

{"to": {"email": "john.doe@briskine.com"}}

Preview

John

Capitalize

Capitalize the first letter of the string.

Template

{{capitalize "briskine dashboard"}}

{{capitalize "briskine dashboard"}}

Preview

Briskine dashboard

CapitalizeAll

Capitalize the first letter of each word in the string.

Template

{{capitalizeAll "briskine dashboard"}}

{{capitalizeAll "briskine dashboard"}}

Preview

Briskine Dashboard

Domain

Extract and prettify the domain name from an email address. For example, if the recipient is contact@AWESOME-sweet-bakery.com, this variable will print "Awesome Sweet Bakery".

Template

{{domain "john@AWESOME-sweet-bakery.com"}}

{{domain "john@AWESOME-sweet-bakery.com"}}

Preview

Awesome Sweet Bakery