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In the new v2.2 API there are /render endpoints, such as /questions/{id}/answers/render. What are these for? Testing applications without actually posting anything?

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You can use these endpoints to provide a user with preview functionality, since you can get back the submitted content as Stack Exchange would render it without the user having to actually create something in the system.

I assume this is the primary use case.

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  • Wouldn't it just be simpler to render the markdown locally? Commented Feb 14, 2014 at 17:27
  • Not necessarily, the SE Markdown engine has various modifications/extensions that might make delegating the rendering the more reliable solution. Commented Feb 14, 2014 at 18:06

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