It’s easy to get all kinds of information about a post on a Discourse instance using the Discourse API. We can even get the entire text of a post as HTML in it’s “cooked” form. Is it possible, though, to get the original Markdown that was typed in to generate the post via the API?

[image] Mark McClure: As far as I can tell from the discussion so far, the answer is No, we cannot get the text of a post in Markdown form via the Discourse API. I think you are talking about the topic/SLUG/id.json endpoint? If so, then by adding ?include_raw=true to the endpoint the JSON f…

This Customization > Theme component will add a raw button [image] Raw Post Button Theme component discourse2 Summary Raw Post Button will add a button to the post menu. When you click the button, you’ll get a modal / popover with the raw (markdown) ver…

[image] Dan DeMontmorency: This Customization > Theme component will add a raw button Thanks for the response. My question, though, is can I access the original Markdown via the Discourse API?

I am not sure with the API but this is another method of getting raw post. [image] Using AI to create Hide content bbcode wrapper Development That’s very cool! The caveat, which you likely know, is that the text is available several ways since it’s just …

[image] Sam Saffron: adding ?include_raw=true to the endpoint Yes, that does it exactly - thanks Sam!!

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mcmcclur (Mark McClure) September 3, 2024, 4:22pm 3

Thanks for the response. My question, though, is can I access the original Markdown via the Discourse API?

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