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# Markdown API **(FREE)**
Available only in APIv4.
## Render an arbitrary Markdown document
```plaintext
POST /markdown
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ------- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `text` | string | yes | The Markdown text to render |
| `gfm` | boolean | no | Render text using GitLab Flavored Markdown. Default is `false` |
| `project` | string | no | Use `project` as a context when creating references using GitLab Flavored Markdown. [Authentication](index.md#authentication) is required if a project is not public. |
```shell
curl --header Content-Type:application/json --data '{"text":"Hello world! :tada:", "gfm":true, "project":"group_example/project_example"}' "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/markdown"
```
Response example:
```json
{ "html": "<p dir=\"auto\">Hello world! <gl-emoji title=\"party popper\" data-name=\"tada\" data-unicode-version=\"6.0\">🎉</gl-emoji></p>" }
```