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title: "Format Text"
description: "Local-first visual environment for building and running AI workflows. Build agents visually, deploy anywhere, privacy by design."
canonical: https://docs.nodetool.ai/nodes/nodetool/text/formattext
markdown: https://docs.nodetool.ai/nodes/nodetool/text/formattext.md
product: NodeTool
source: https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/blob/main/docs/nodes/nodetool/text/formattext.md
---

# Format Text

**Type:** `nodetool.text.FormatText`

**Namespace:** `nodetool.text`

## Description

Replaces placeholders in a string with dynamic inputs using {{ variable }} or {variable} syntax.
    Supports Jinja2-style filters: {{ var|upper }}, {{ var|lower }}, {{ var|capitalize }},
    {{ var|title }}, {{ var|trim }}, {{ var|truncate(n) }}, {{ var|default(val) }}.
    text, template, formatting, format, variable, replace

    Use cases:
    - Generating personalized messages with dynamic content
    - Creating parameterized queries or commands

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description | Default |
|----------|------|-------------|---------|
| template | `str` | Template string with {{ variable }} or {variable} placeholders. | `` |

## Outputs

| Output | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| output | `str` |  |

## Related Nodes

Browse other nodes in the [nodetool.text](./) namespace.