Accepted markup for Medium’s Publishing API

We accept HTML and Markdown. Please find a more detailed guide for each of these content formats below.

1. HTML

<h1>Heading 1</h1>

<h2>Heading 2</h2>

<p>Paragraph text</p>

<blockquote>I am a blockquote</blockquote>

<figure>
  <img src="bey.png">
  <figcaption>I am an optional caption</figcaption>
</figure>

<b>bold text</b>, <strong>also bold text</strong>

<i>italic text</i>, <em>also italic text</em>

<a href="medium.com">link here</a>

// a section break
<hr>

2. Markdown

# My awesome title

Here’s a full guide to Markdown syntax.