How to use /code with API calls?

[ssenaria NA]

Within HipChat one can use "/code" to display code within the HipChat client. Is it possible to do this via the API? In my Python code, I wrapped my text around "<code>my super duper code</code>" but it doesn't display it like what one would see if I use the keyboard shortcut.

[rich]

Yes, this is possible through the send_message API. Here's an example:

curl -d '{"message":"/code your code goes here"}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' https://api.hipchat.com/v2/room/<room_id_or_name>/message\?auth_token\=yourpersonaltokengoeshere

[ssenaria NA]

I'm using Python and I tried that as well but it didn't parse "/code" correctly.

hipchat_logger.log(20, "/code Hi I should be in a codeblock")

Output:

/code Hi I should be in a codeblock

[rich]

Are you sure you're using the send_message API and not the send_notification API?

[ssenaria NA]

Looking at the API, it looks like the author is using the "notification" endpoint.

[rich]

What library are you using? If possible, I'd avoid using a library and make the REST calls yourself.

[ssenaria NA]

https://github.com/invernizzi/hiplogging

which uses

https://github.com/RidersDiscountCom/HypChat