# Sending link in Slack without only the URL

**URL:** <https://connect.superhuman.com/t/sending-link-in-slack-without-only-the-url/18916>\
**Category:** Ask the Community\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/sending-link-in-slack-without-only-the-url/18916 "2020-10-14T12:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chase\_Schwalbach](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/chase_schwalbach/32/10071_2.png) [@Chase\_Schwalbach](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Chase_Schwalbach)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/sending-link-in-slack-without-only-the-url/18916/1 "2020-10-14T12:26:27Z")

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Hello,

Is there a way to send a link in Slack that includes Link text (versus just the URL)?

I’ve tried:  
“\<[https://coda.io/xxxx|Goal](https://coda.io/xxxx%7CGoal) Dates\>”, which I found as the format for the Slack API to accept URLs

and HyperLink()

Both haven’t worked.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Stieber](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/coda1/user_avatar/connect.superhuman.com/daniel_stieber/32/17045_2.png) [@Daniel\_Stieber](https://connect.superhuman.com/u/Daniel_Stieber)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/sending-link-in-slack-without-only-the-url/18916/2 "2021-09-08T10:59:07Z")

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Because this still ranks first when searching for Slack URL:

The Syntax \< url | title \> should work perfectly fine. More about this can be found in this post:

> [@Formatting Links for Slack Pack](https://connect.superhuman.com/t/formatting-links-for-slack-pack/24281):
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> If you use the Slack Pack you may want to add links to your messages. Their syntax for allowing this isn’t intuitive. For example, this does not work: Slack::PostMessage([User's private Slack account], Format("Click here: {1}", Hyperlink("www.example.com", "link title")) "#random" ) However, this does: Slack::PostMessage([User's private Slack account], Format("Click here: \<{1}|{2}\>", "www.example.com", "link title") "#random" ) The trick is to use that \< url | title \> syntax. E.g. \<w…