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

Render message

Render a message to HTML.

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

Usage examples

• Python
• JavaScript
• curl

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

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

More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js). ```js 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);

});

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## 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)}