Markdown → Plain text API

Strip markdown formatting and return prose.

POST /api/v1/convert/markdown-to-text strips every markdown marker — headings, emphasis, links, images, tables, fences — and returns clean, indexable plain text suitable for emails, SMS, OG descriptions, and search.

Overview

Removes all markdown syntax — headings, emphasis, code fences, links, images, tables, lists, blockquotes — and returns plain text. Useful for email previews, SMS, OG descriptions, search indexing, and accessibility tooling.

Request

Authenticate with Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY and send a JSON body containing the parameters below. Pick your language:

curl -X POST 'https://trymarkdownviewer.com/api/v1/convert/markdown-to-text' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"markdown":"# Hello\n\nVisit **[the site](https://example.com)**."}'

Body parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
markdown	string	required	Markdown source.

Response

Success responses are wrapped in a data field. Errors use { error: { code, message } } with an appropriate HTTP status — see the error reference.

{
  "data": {
    "text": "Hello\n\nVisit the site.",
    "characters": 22,
    "words": 4
  }
}

Use cases

OG / Twitter card descriptions

Pull the first ~160 characters of plain text for sharing previews.

Search index ingest

Feed clean prose into Algolia / Meilisearch instead of raw markdown.

Email rendering

Provide a plain-text alternative alongside the HTML version of an email.

Production tips

Output preserves paragraph breaks (double newlines) so layout-aware tools can wrap correctly.

Try in browser

Free tools that run the same logic locally — no API key, no upload.

Markdown to Plain Text
Strip syntax for excerpts

Try it

Send a real request against your account in the API playground. Errors there link straight back to the error reference.