curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/markdown' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "text": "example-text"
}'

# POST /markdown (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Render a Markdown document

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/markdown' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "text": "example-text"
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| text | body | string | Yes | The Markdown text to render in HTML. |
| mode | body | string | No | The rendering mode. |
| context | body | string | No | The repository context to use when creating references in `gfm` mode.  For ex... |

## Response example
"string"

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POST

POST /markdown — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Render a Markdown document

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

Actions Try in browser→

Agents: curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" this URL
→ 224 tokens · Vary: Accept

Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.github.com/markdown' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "text": "example-text"}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
text	body	string	Yes	The Markdown text to render in HTML.
mode	body	string	No	The rendering mode.
context	body	string	No	The repository context to use when creating references in `gfm` mode. For example, setting `context` to `octo-org/octo-repo` will change the text `#42` into an HTML link to issue 42 in the `octo-org/octo-repo` repository.

Response 200 OK

"string"

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