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

Render message

Render a message to HTML.

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

Usage examples

{start_tabs} {tab|python}

{generate_code_example(python)|/messages/render:post|example}

{tab|js}

More examples and documentation can be found here.

const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Download zuliprc-dev from your dev server
const config = {
    zuliprc: 'zuliprc-dev',
};

zulip(config).then((client) => {
    // Render a message
    const params = {
        content: '**foo**',
    };

    client.messages.render(params).then(console.log);
});

{tab|curl}

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

{end_tabs}

Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|zulip.yaml|/messages/render:post}

Response

Return values

• rendered: The rendered HTML.

Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{generate_code_example|/messages/render:post|fixture(200)}