Template Blocks

Template Blocks allow you to leverage HTML, CSS, and Handlebars templating for highly customized email notifications in Courier. Template Blocks provide a powerful way to create dynamic, richly formatted content for your email notifications. They combine the flexibility of HTML and CSS with the dynamic capabilities of Handlebars templating.

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Handlebars Templating Language

The Template Block supports Handlebars. You can learn about the language syntax from the Handlebars Language Guide.

Read more: Custom Courier Handlebars helpers.

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Styling with CSS and Handlebars

Combine CSS and Handlebars for dynamic styling:

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Using Markdown in a Template Block

Render markdown between {{#markdown}} and {{/markdown}} within a template block.

<div>
{{#markdown}}
  # Your Markdown Content

  - List item 1
  - List item 2
{{/markdown}}
</div>

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Using Replacement Variables in Handlebars

Insert variables from your JSON event data:

{{var "variable_name"}}

Read More:

• Using replacement variables in Courier
• Courier Handlebars helpers

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Inserting HTML from Variables

To render HTML stored in a variable, use triple curly braces:

{{{htmlContent}}}