.. _auto_text_template:

*TEMPLATE BASED*
================

Renders a user-defined text template, substituting workflow variables or expressions to produce a plain-text or structured string output. Use this worker whenever a downstream step requires a dynamically composed string, such as a file path, command line, or formatted message, built from upstream data.

When to use
-----------

Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``code_editor``, ``interpolation``, ``jinja``, ``render``, ``string``, ``template``, ``text``, ``transformation``.

Inputs
------

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   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 20 20 20 20 20 20

   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Template
     - template
     - textarea
     - —
     - 
     - The text template body (supports variable interpolation and expressions); edit in the built-in code editor. Optional — leave blank if no rendering is needed and you only want a pass-through empty string.

Outputs
-------

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   :header-rows: 1
   :widths: 20 20 20 20

   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - text_template_output_1
     - text_template_output_1
     - text
     - The rendered plain-text string produced by evaluating the template against the current workflow variable context.

Disciplines
-----------

- data.io.file
- platform.workflow

.. raw:: html

   <hr style="margin-top:2em">
   <p style="font-size:11px;color:#888">
   Auto-generated from <code>transformation</code> schema. Worker id: <code>text_template</code>. Schema hash: <code>abb7b125a31f</code>. Hand-curated docs in <code>workerexamples/</code> override this page when present.
   </p>