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
<div class="code-section" markdown="1">
<ul class="nav">
<li data-language="curl">curl</li>
<li data-language="python">Python</li>
</ul>
<div class="blocks">
<div data-language="curl" markdown="1">
```
curl {{ api_url }}/v1/messages/render \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
-d "content=**foo**"
```
</div>
<div data-language="python" markdown="1">
```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':'<p><strong>foo</strong></p>'
}
```
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!}