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title: Formatters
category: Popular topics
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# Formatters

discord.js provides the <DocsLink package="formatters" /> package which contains a variety of utilities you can use when writing your Discord bot.

## Basic Markdown

These functions format strings into all the different markdown styles supported by Discord.

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```js
import { bold, italic, strikethrough, underscore, spoiler, quote, blockQuote } from 'discord.js';

const string = 'Hello!';
const boldString = bold(string);
const italicString = italic(string);
const strikethroughString = strikethrough(string);
const underscoreString = underscore(string);
const spoilerString = spoiler(string);
const quoteString = quote(string);
const blockquoteString = blockQuote(string);
```

</CH.Code>

## Links

There are also two functions to format hyperlinks. _`hyperlink()`_ will format the URL into a masked markdown link, and _`hideLinkEmbed()`_ will wrap the URL in _`<>`_, preventing it from embedding.

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```js
import { hyperlink, hideLinkEmbed } from 'discord.js';

const url = 'https://discord.js.org/';
const link = hyperlink('discord.js', url);
const hiddenEmbed = hideLinkEmbed(url);
```

</CH.Code>

## Code blocks

You can use _`inlineCode()`_ and _`codeBlock()`_ to turn a string into an inline code block or a regular code block with or without syntax highlighting.

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```js
import { inlineCode, codeBlock } from 'discord.js';

const jsString = 'const value = true;';
const inline = inlineCode(jsString);
const codeblock = codeBlock(jsString);
const highlighted = codeBlock('js', jsString);
```

</CH.Code>

## Timestamps

With _`time()`_, you can format Unix timestamps and dates into a Discord time string.

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```js
import { time, TimestampStyles } from 'discord.js';

const date = new Date();
const timeString = time(date);
const relative = time(date, TimestampStyles.RelativeTime);
```

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## Mentions

_`userMention()`_, _`channelMention()`_, and _`roleMention()`_ all exist to format Snowflakes into mentions.

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```js
import { channelMention, roleMention, userMention } from 'discord.js';

const id = '123456789012345678';
const channel = channelMention(id);
const role = roleMention(id);
const user = userMention(id);
```

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