Supported HTML features

Box Doc Gen lets you generate documents from an HTML template using text tags. This article describes the supported tag type and how to use it.

Supported tag types

Box Doc Gen supports the following tag type in an HTML template:

Text tags

Support by generation method

Support for the tag type depends on how you generate the document.

Tag type	API	Automate	Box web app
Text tags	Yes	No	Yes

Text tags

A text tag is any data field of type string, number, or date. In the following example, fields such as companyName, subscriptionPlan, renewalDate, and expiryDate are used as text tags.

{
  "companyName": "Acme Inc",
  "subscriptionPlan": "E-Advanced",
  "tcv": "100K",
  "renewalDate": "12-12-2026",
  "seatCount": "300",
  "expiryDate": "12-12-2026",
  "AETitle": "Senior Accounts Manager",
  "devCount": "30",
  "customAppsApiCallsAvg": "10000",
  "customApps": 15,
  "AccountExecutive": "John Doe"
}

Create an HTML template that includes the fields you want to replace dynamically. During generation, Box Doc Gen replaces the fields in double curly braces with your data.

Formatting text tags

You can format a text tag value inline using the :: operator. The following table displays example input formats and their output.

Input format	Input data	Output data
`{{invoice.customerName :: uppercase}}`	Acme Inc	ACME INC
`{{invoice.customerName :: lowercase}}`	Acme Inc	acme inc
`{{invoice.date :: format("dd-mm-yyyy")}}`	13-03-2023	13-03-2023
`{{invoice.date :: format("mm-dd-yyyy")}}`	13-03-2023	03-13-2023
`{{invoice.date :: format("dd-mmm-yy")}}`	13-03-2023	13-Mar-22
`{{invoice.id :: format("xxx-xxxx")}}`	Inv1203	Inv-1203
`{{invoice.amount :: format("EU-Number")}}`	300000	300.000
`{{invoice.amount :: format("US-Number")}}`	300000	300,000

​Supported tag types

​Support by generation method

​Text tags

​Formatting text tags

Supported tag types

Support by generation method

Text tags

Formatting text tags