Format Data

The Format Data building block allows you to format text.

If the value to apply the format action on is empty, the TaskBot will take no action and continue its run.

Actions

• Remove word See sub-page Remove Words.

• Replace text Example: "Hello world" (replace "world" with "universe") ⟶ "Hello universe"

• Shorten content length See sub-page Shorten Content Length.

• Convert to lower case Example: "HELLO WORLD" ⟶ "hello world"

• Convert to upper case Example: "hello world" ⟶ "HELLO WORLD"

• Capitalize first letters Example: "Hello world" ⟶ "Hello World"

• Normalize URL Examples:

  • www.wikipedia.org ⟶ https://www.wikipedia.org/

  • wikipedia.org ⟶ https://www.wikipedia.org/

  • wikipedia ⟶ error is generated "The URL is not a valid URL and cannot be normalized."

• Trim white spaces Example: " Hello world " ⟶ "Hello World"

• Remove line breaks Example:

  • "Hello world" ⟶ "Hello World"

• Remove smileys Example: "Hello world 🌎" ⟶ "Hello World "