The `<Code>` component renders syntax highlighted code.
It is useful when using a [Markdown code block](/guides/guides-authoring-content#code-blocks) is not possible, for example, to render data coming from external sources like files, databases, or APIs.

```md title="example.md"
## Welcome

Hello from **space**!
```

## Import

```tsx
import { Code } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
```

## Usage

Use the `<Code>` component to render syntax highlighted code, for example when displaying code fetched from external sources.

See the [Expressive Code “Code Component” docs](https://expressive-code.com/key-features/code-component/) for full details on how to use the `<Code>` component and the list of available props.

```mdx
import { Code } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';

export const exampleCode = `console.log('This could come from a file or CMS!');`;
export const fileName = 'example.js';
export const highlights = ['file', 'CMS'];

<Code code={exampleCode} lang="js" title={fileName} mark={highlights} />
```

```markdoc
{% code
   code="console.log('This could come from a file or CMS!');"
   lang="js"
   title="example.js"
   meta="'file' 'CMS'" /%}
```

### Display imported code

In MDX files and Astro components, use [Vite’s `?raw` import suffix](https://vite.dev/guide/assets#importing-asset-as-string) to import any code file as a string.
You can then pass this imported string to the `<Code>` component to include it on your page.

```mdx "?raw"
# src/content/docs/example.mdx

import { Code } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
import importedCode from '/tsconfig.json?raw';

<Code code={importedCode} lang="json" title="tsconfig.json" />
```

## `<Code>` Props

**Implementation:** [`Code.astro`](https://github.com/expressive-code/expressive-code/blob/main/packages/astro-expressive-code/components/Code.astro)

The `<Code>` component accepts all the props documented in the [Expressive Code “Code Component” docs](https://expressive-code.com/key-features/code-component/#available-props).

## Related pages

- [Starlight](../index.md)
- [Using Components](./components-using-components.md)
- [Pages](./guides-pages.md)
- [Not found](./more-404.md)
- [Configuration Reference](./reference-configuration.md)
- [Plugins and Integrations](./resources-plugins.md)
- [Start Here](./start-here-index.md)
- [Getting Started](./start-here-getting-started.md)
- [Cards](./components-cards.md)
- [Guides](./guides-index.md)

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