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.