The Text class allows you to display a text element in the chatbot UI. This class takes a string and creates a text element that can be sent to the UI. It supports the markdown syntax for formatting text.

You must provide either an url or a path or content bytes.

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Attributes

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name
str

The name of the text element to be displayed in the UI.

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content
Union[str, bytes]

The text string or bytes that should be displayed as the content of the text element.

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url
str

The remote URL of the text source.

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path
str

The local file path of the text file.

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display
ElementDisplay

Determines how the text element should be displayed in the UI. Choices are “side”, “inline”, or “page”.

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language
str

Language of the code if the text is a piece of code. See https://react-code-blocks-rajinwonderland.vercel.app/?path=/story/codeblock—supported-languages for a list of supported languages.

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Example

import chainlit as cl


@cl.on_chat_start
async def start():
    text_content = "Hello, this is a text element."
    elements = [
        cl.Text(name="simple_text", content=text_content, display="inline")
    ]

    await cl.Message(
        content="Check out this text element!",
        elements=elements,
    ).send()