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Turn objects into text and text into objects. The Json serializer and Json deserializer convert between JSON and flow types; Handlebars renders templates for mail bodies, messages, XML or JSON; the RSS/Atom parser reads feeds; a Text asset keeps a piece of text in the flow for scripts to read.

Http client → Json deserializer → ... → Handlebars → Mail client

Plugins

Plugin	What it does	Pins
Handlebars	Renders a Handlebars (Mustache-style) template with the input data and emits the result as a text record. Use it to build e-mail bodies, messages, XML or JSON payloads from flow data.	Input, Output
Json deserializer	Parses JSON text into objects of a flow type. The target type is not configured: it is the type of the connection on the Output pin. A JSON array produces one message per element; the elements can form a batch.	Input, Output
Json serializer	Converts the input object to JSON text. The records of a batch (e.g. one Sql query execution, one JSON array from Json deserializer, one file read) are serialized together into one JSON array when the batch completes; records without a batch become one JSON object each.	Input, Output
RSS/Atom parser	Parses an RSS 2.0 or Atom feed (XML text) and emits one record per feed item. Typically placed after an Http client that downloads the feed.	Input, Output, Property, Id, Title, ArticleLink, Summary, Categories, PublishDate, Authors, EnclosureUrl
Text asset	Stores a piece of text (template, query, message, configuration snippet) in the flow so that scripts and services can read it by name. It has no pins and is not part of the data path.	-