# Getting Markdown for a post using API
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [September 3, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716 "2024-09-03T16:16:36Z")
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### Author:  [@mcmcclur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcmcclur)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716/1 "2024-09-03T16:16:36Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716/2 "2024-09-03T16:18:26Z")
This #Customization > Theme component will add a raw button
> [@Raw Post Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/raw-post-button/152542):
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> discourse2Summary 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) version of the post.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/raw-post-button)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/raw-post-button](https://github.com/discourse/raw-post-button)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component Features Settings …
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### Author:  [@mcmcclur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcmcclur)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716/3 "2024-09-03T16:22:55Z")
> [@Heliosurge](#):
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> 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_?
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716/4 "2024-09-03T16:26:21Z")
I am not sure with the API but this is another method of getting raw post.
> [@Using AI to create Hide content bbcode wrapper](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-ai-to-create-hide-content-bbcode-wrapper/321078/2):
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> That’s very cool! The caveat, which you likely know, is that the text is available several ways since it’s just hidden with css. One is this post route: /posts/123/raw
And a topic with similar request.
> [@Raw Post Body for POST API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/raw-post-body-for-post-api/85128):
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> Is there a way to view an existing post I’ve created and what that looks like if I want to use it for a a template when making a POST api request with the “raw” field? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716/6 "2024-09-03T22:19:11Z")
> [@mcmcclur](#):
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> 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 for the posts in the topic will include raw.
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### Author:  [@mcmcclur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcmcclur)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716/7 "2024-09-03T23:48:42Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> adding `?include_raw=true` to the endpoint
Yes, that does it exactly - thanks Sam!!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-markdown-for-a-post-using-api/324716/8 "2024-10-03T23:49:03Z")
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