I am trying to send the description field from a Google Calendar event to a Discord channel. When I select the event in the Event Start action the “description” field shows the proper formatting from the Google Calendar description:
However when I then go to the Discord Send Channel Message section the formatting has been wiped away:
What do I need to do so that it keeps the original formatting rather than eliminating all of the line breaks?
+6Hey
It’s happening because how discord treats new line. To have a new line in discord, you will have to do double line breaks.
You can use a Formatter → Text → Replace to replace a newline with /n/n. You can use [:newline:] for newline. This will result in new line in discord. Hope it helps!
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The fix is usually to add a Formatter step between Google Calendar and Discord.
Zapier’s Formatter is made for changing text before sending it to the next app.
Simple setup:
If your calendar text has HTML like <br>, replace <br> with a new line.
If it already has hidden line breaks, use Formatter to rebuild them before the Discord step. A similar Zapier Community case points to calendar descriptions sometimes carrying HTML/break tags that need cleanup first.
So the flow is:
Google Calendar → Formatter (fix line breaks) → Discord
Also, Discord messages in Zapier support formatting, so once the text is passed correctly, Discord can display it with the breaks.
Hi
Here's the Zapier doc that might help: link
Add a Formatter by Zapier step between Google Calendar and Discord:
Action Event: Text → Transform: Replace
Find: [:newline:]
Replace: [:newline:][:newline:]
Input: Map your Google Calendar Description field
In Discord, use the Formatter's output instead of the original field
Why: Discord requires double line breaks. The [:newline:] syntax is Zapier's official way to represent line breaks in Formatter.
If your description has HTML (like <br> tags), add a second replacement:
Find: <br> → Replace: [:newline:][:newline:]
If you're still running into issues after trying these steps, feel free to drop a screenshot of the error and a quick description of what your Zap is doing—happy to take a look and help troubleshoot.
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