Examples
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Displaying Document JSON

Displaying Document JSON

In this example, the document's JSON representation is displayed below the editor.

Try it out: Try typing in the editor and see the JSON update!

Relevant Docs:

import { Block } from "@blocknote/core";
import { BlockNoteView, useCreateBlockNote } from "@blocknote/react";
import "@blocknote/react/style.css";
import { useState } from "react";
 
import "./styles.css";
 
export default function App() {
  // Stores the document JSON.
  const [blocks, setBlocks] = useState<Block[]>([]);
 
  // Creates a new editor instance.
  const editor = useCreateBlockNote({
    initialContent: [
      {
        type: "paragraph",
        content: "Welcome to this demo!",
      },
      {
        type: "heading",
        content: "This is a heading block",
      },
      {
        type: "paragraph",
        content: "This is a paragraph block",
      },
      {
        type: "paragraph",
      },
    ],
  });
 
  // Renders the editor instance and its document JSON.
  return (
    <div className={"wrapper"}>
      <div>BlockNote Editor:</div>
      <div className={"item"}>
        <BlockNoteView
          editor={editor}
          onChange={() => {
            // Saves the document JSON to state.
            setBlocks(editor.document);
          }}
        />
      </div>
      <div>Document JSON:</div>
      <div className={"item bordered"}>
        <pre>
          <code>{JSON.stringify(blocks, null, 2)}</code>
        </pre>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}