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Does Paper still support export as Markdown?
I'm trying to use the Dropbox API to access Paper documents as markdown. I have a connected app and a user with the new version of Paper (paper_as_files: enabled). I've switched from docs/download to /files/export as per the migration guide, but it doesn't appear that endpoint offers any method to select the export format.
So, is Markdown export still a thing, and if so, how do I do it?
No, unfortunately /2/files/export doesn't support exporting as Markdown, nor is there another way do that in a 'paper_as_files' account, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Update: the /2/files/export endpoint now supports exporting .paper files as Markdown.
- Greg-DB
Dropbox Staff
No, unfortunately /2/files/export doesn't support exporting as Markdown, nor is there another way do that in a 'paper_as_files' account, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though.
Update: the /2/files/export endpoint now supports exporting .paper files as Markdown.
This is a deal breaker for our integration. Please add this feature!
+1 - being able to export in a machine-readable format will be useful for automation: we could do all sorts of things like readability checks or validation of conformance to a required format.
It will also be useful to be able to import paper docs in Markdown from, say, a source repository that's managed and reviewed internally, and use them as templates, for example. (I know this is a different feature request, sorry for piggybacking here.)
Okay, thanks. That would have been really useful - I've looked at the HTML export, but it looks like there's a lot 'baked in' there: styles, UI stuff, etc. If markdown isn't a possibility, perhaps a simplified 'semantic tags' only HTML version might be do-able?
Just a heads-up: there are still a number of Dropbox-hosted blog posts and guides out there that talk about markdown export, with no mention of deprecation. Might be good to add some notes to prevent confusion.
- Greg-DB
Thanks for the feedback! I'll send this along as well.
I think that you have missed something during magiration. You can check document and save name in lower case.
- Greg-DB
Yes, to clarify, as linked above, exporting a Paper doc as Markdown from an account with the new Paper setup is possible manually via the web site. The original request here is for the ability to do so programmatically, via the API, which is not currently possible.
+1. Markdown-exporting helps us when backup documents.
Guys new endpoints are being released!
Check https://dropbox.tech/developers/new-paper-endpoints-released-in-preview for more info - I've yet to test it out but an initial version of markdown export functionality is now supported!- Greg-DB
That's correct, please give it a try and let us know if you run in to any issues or have any questions. Thanks!
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