zulip/templates/zerver/api/render-message.md

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Render message

Render a message to HTML.

POST {{ api_url }}/v1/messages/render

Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|arguments.json|render-message.md}

Usage examples

  • curl
  • Python
curl {{ api_url }}/v1/messages/render \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    -d "content=**foo**"

```python #!/usr/bin/env python

import zulip

Download ~/zuliprc-dev from your dev server

client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc-dev")

Render a message

print(client.render_message({"content": "foo"}))

</div>

</div>

</div>

## Response

#### Return values

* `rendered`: The rendered HTML.

#### Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{ 'result':'success', 'msg':'', 'rendered':'

foo

' }


A typical JSON response for when the required argument `content`
is not supplied:

{ 'code':'REQUEST_VARIABLE_MISSING', 'result':'error', 'msg':"Missing 'content' argument", 'var_name':'content' }


{!invalid-api-key-json-response.md!}