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Markdown API (FREE)

Convert Markdown content to HTML.

Available only in APIv4.

Required authentication

Introduced in GitLab 15.3 with a flag named authenticate_markdown_api. Enabled by default.

FLAG: On self-managed GitLab, by default this feature is enabled and authentication is required. To remove the requirement to authenticate, ask an administrator to disable the feature flag named authenticate_markdown_api. On GitLab.com, this feature is available.

All API calls to the Markdown API must be authenticated.

Render an arbitrary Markdown document

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

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --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:

{ "html": "<p dir=\"auto\">Hello world! <gl-emoji title=\"party popper\" data-name=\"tada\" data-unicode-version=\"6.0\">🎉</gl-emoji></p>" }