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Markdown Blocks

A detailed look at Markdown Block functionality, use cases and best practices.

Working With Markdown Blocks​

Availability: All channels

New Markdown Block

Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid HTML. Here's a complete list of markdown syntax we use in our Markdown Blocks.

Markdown Use Cases​

Pass user data into a Notification: As an example, let's say your product allows users to add comments to an article and user comments can have formatting.

  • The Markdown block lets you pass that data to Courier (as a variable) and insert it into the markdown.
  • This allows Courier to render that comment across any channel.
  • If that comment was sent as HTML instead of Markdown, it could only be rendered in Email.

Hide a Markdown Block Using Conditions​

It is possible to hide a Markdown Block - or any other type of block - using conditional filters.

Markdown Condition
Conditional Rendering
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