Render a message

POST https://zulip.cranfield.ac.uk/api/v1/messages/render

Render a message to HTML.

Usage examples

Python
JavaScript
curl

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")

# Render a message.
request = {
    "content": "**foo**",
}
result = client.render_message(request)
print(result)

More examples and documentation can be found here.

const zulipInit = require("zulip-js");

// Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
const config = { zuliprc: "zuliprc" };

(async () => {
    const client = await zulipInit(config);

    // Render a message
    const params = {
        content: "**foo**",
    };

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

curl -sSX POST https://zulip.cranfield.ac.uk/api/v1/messages/render \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    --data-urlencode content=Hello

Parameters

content string required

Example: "Hello"

The content of the message.

Clients should use the max_message_length returned by the POST /register endpoint to determine the maximum message size.

Response

Return values

rendered: string

The rendered HTML.

Example response(s)

Changes: As of Zulip 7.0 (feature level 167), if any parameters sent in the request are not supported by this endpoint, a successful JSON response will include an ignored_parameters_unsupported array.

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "msg": "",
    "rendered": "<p><strong>foo</strong></p>",
    "result": "success"
}

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