Documents are standalone webpages for your Flatfile SpacesAre micro-applications.... They can be rendered from Markdown syntaxView syntax.

Often used for getting started guides, Documents become extremely powerful with dynamically generated content that stays updated as events occur.

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Building a Document

Learn how to create a Document and update a Document from an Event listener.

const createDoc = await api.documents.create(spaceId, {
  title: "Getting Started",
  body:
    "# Welcome\n" +
    "### Say hello to your first customer Space in the new Flatfile!\n" +
    "Let's begin by first getting acquainted with what you're seeing in your Space initially.\n" +
    "---\n",
});

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Markdown reference

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Headings

# Heading level 1
## Heading level 2
### Heading level 3
#### Heading level 4
##### Heading level 5
###### Heading level 6

The rendered output looks like:

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Heading level 1

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Heading level 2

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Heading level 3

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Heading level 4

Heading level 5

Heading level 6

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Links

My favorite search engine is [Duck Duck Go](https://duckduckgo.com).

The rendered output looks like:

My favorite search engine is Duck Duck Go.

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Text formatting

**Love** is bold.
Italicized text is the *cat's meow*.
This text is ***bolded and italicized***.
Superscript <sup>superscript</sup>
Subscript <sub>subscript</sub>
> Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle.
Use `code` in your Document.

The rendered output looks like:

Love is bold.

Italicized text is the cat’s meow.

This text is bolded and italicized.

Superscript ^superscript

Subscript _subscript

Dorothy followed her through many of the beautiful rooms in her castle.

Use code in your Document.

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Lists

<!-- ordered lists -->
1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
4. Fourth item
<!-- unordered lists -->
- First item
- Second item
- Third item
- Fourth item
<!-- nested lists -->
- First parent item
- Second parent item
  - Additional item
  - Additional item
- Third parent item

The rendered output looks like:

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Ordered Lists

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
4. Fourth item

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Unordered Lists

• First item
• Second item
• Third item
• Fourth item

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Nested Lists

• First parent item
• Second parent item
  • Additional item
  • Additional item
• Third parent item

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Images

San Juan Mountains are beautiful!](https://i0.wp.com/sjma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Ice-Lakes-BG.jpg "San Juan Mountains")

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Tables

| Property | Description                           |
| -------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Name     | Full name of user                     |
| Age      | Reported age                          |
| Joined   | Whether the user joined the community |

The rendered output would look like: