Format

The Format node provides string formatting and transformation operations. Use it to build formatted strings from templates, change case, trim whitespace, pad strings, and perform find-and-replace operations.

Actions

Action	Description
format:template	Build a string from a template with variable substitution
format:toUpperCase	Convert string to upper case
format:toLowerCase	Convert string to lower case
format:trim	Remove leading and trailing whitespace
format:padLeft	Pad a string on the left to a target length
format:padRight	Pad a string on the right to a target length
format:replace	Find and replace text within a string
format:substring	Extract a portion of a string
format:concat	Concatenate multiple strings
format:split	Split a string into an array by a delimiter

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format:template

Builds a string by substituting variables into a template. Supports \{\{variable\}\} syntax.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
template	string	Yes	Template string with \{\{variable\}\} placeholders
values	object	No	Additional values to make available for substitution

format:toUpperCase / format:toLowerCase

Converts a string to upper or lower case.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
input	string	Yes	String to convert
locale	string	No	Locale for case conversion (e.g., tr-TR for Turkish)

format:trim

Removes leading and trailing whitespace (or specified characters).

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
input	string	Yes	String to trim
characters	string	No	Characters to trim. Defaults to whitespace
mode	string	No	both, left, right. Defaults to both

format:padLeft / format:padRight

Pads a string to a target length.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
input	string	Yes	String to pad
length	integer	Yes	Target length
padChar	string	No	Character to pad with. Defaults to space

Result: "0000001234"

format:replace

Performs find-and-replace on a string. Supports regex patterns.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
input	string	Yes	Input string
find	string	Yes	Text or regex pattern to find
replaceWith	string	Yes	Replacement text
isRegex	boolean	No	Treat find as a regex pattern. Defaults to false
replaceAll	boolean	No	Replace all occurrences. Defaults to true

format:substring

Extracts a portion of a string by position.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
input	string	Yes	Input string
start	integer	Yes	Start index (zero-based)
end	integer	No	End index (exclusive). If omitted, extracts to the end

format:concat

Concatenates multiple strings with an optional separator.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
values	array	Yes	Array of strings to concatenate
separator	string	No	Separator between values. Defaults to empty string

format:split

Splits a string into an array using a delimiter.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
input	string	Yes	String to split
delimiter	string	Yes	Delimiter to split on
limit	integer	No	Maximum number of splits

Connection

No connection required. This is a data transformation node.

Output

For split, the result is an array. For all other actions, the result is a string.