Convert Medium Articles to Markdown

Medium hosts millions of articles on technology, business, creativity, and personal development. But the reading experience includes reading list prompts, paywall overlays, and subscription nudges.

AnyPost converts Medium articles to clean Markdown — just the content, properly formatted, ready for reading, saving, or feeding to AI tools.

Why Convert Medium to Markdown?

Clean Reading Experience

Medium's UI adds:

• Reading list prompts
• Paywall overlays (for member-only content)
• Signup CTAs
• Related article recommendations
• Clap/comment prompts

Markdown removes all of this, leaving just the content.

Research and Reference

Medium is used by:

• Tech companies for engineering blogs
• Startups for product announcements
• Writers for long-form essays
• Educators for tutorials and guides

Converting to Markdown lets you:

• Archive articles before they move behind paywalls
• Quote accurately with full attribution
• Build research collections on specific topics
• Feed to AI for summarization and analysis

Content Migration

Writers may want to:

• Backup their own Medium posts
• Migrate to a self-hosted blog
• Republish excerpts with proper attribution
• Create compilations from article series

How It Works

Standard Medium URLs

Before: https://medium.com/@author/article-title-abc123
After:  https://anypost.md/medium/@author/article-title-abc123

Custom Publication Domains

Many Medium publications use custom domains:

Before: https://betterhumans.pub/how-to-learn-faster
After:  https://anypost.md/medium/betterhumans.pub/how-to-learn-faster

Medium-Managed Publications

Before: https://medium.com/publication-name/article-title-abc123
After:  https://anypost.md/medium/medium.com/publication-name/article-title-abc123

Sample Output

# How to Learn Faster: A Cognitive Science Approach

## Why most learning strategies fail

We've been taught to learn through repetition — read the chapter, highlight key points, review before the test. But cognitive science research shows this is one of the least effective methods.

### The spacing effect

Hermann Ebbinghaus discovered in 1885 that we remember information better when we review it at increasing intervals. This "spacing effect" has been replicated in hundreds of studies.

**Practical application:**
Instead of cramming for 4 hours, study for 1 hour, wait a day, study for 45 minutes, wait 3 days, study for 30 minutes.

### Interleaving vs. blocking

Traditional study groups similar problems together (blocking). But research shows mixing different problem types (interleaving) produces better long-term retention.

**Example:**
- Blocking: 20 algebra problems, then 20 geometry problems
- Interleaving: Algebra, geometry, algebra, geometry...

### Retrieval practice

Testing yourself beats re-reading. Every time you successfully retrieve information from memory, you strengthen that memory trace.

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Originally published on [Medium](https://medium.com/@author/...)

What's Preserved

AnyPost maintains Medium's formatting:

Medium Element	Markdown Output
Article title	# Heading
Section headings	## ### ####
Body text	Paragraphs
Bold/italic	bold italic
Lists (ordered/unordered)	1. 2. 3. / - - -
Blockquotes	> quote
Code blocks	language code
Inline code	code
Links	text
Images
Dividers	---

Member-Only Content

Medium's member-only articles (behind the paywall) are often accessible:

• Most articles can be fetched through the proxy
• Some content may be restricted to logged-in users
• Publication-specific restrictions may apply

AnyPost attempts to fetch the full article content, falling back to the preview if blocked.

Pricing

Medium requires Starter plan and API key:

Plan	Medium Support
Free tier	—
Starter ($5)	✓ (with API key)
Pro ($19)	✓
Scale ($49)	✓
Agency ($99)	✓

Note: Medium is available on Starter, unlike Pro-only platforms like LinkedIn and Substack.

API Usage

# Direct URL with API key
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_live_xxx"   "https://anypost.md/medium/@author/article-title-abc123"

# JSON API
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_live_xxx"   "https://anypost.md/api/convert?url=https://medium.com/@author/article-title-abc123"

Use Cases

Research Collections

Build topic-specific reading lists:

# Save articles for deep dive
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_live_xxx"   "https://anypost.md/medium/@author/learning-science"   > ~/research/learning-science/$(date +%Y%m%d)-article.md

Personal Reading

Read without distractions:

# Save for offline reading
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer apk_live_xxx"   "https://anypost.md/medium/@author/article"   > ~/reading-list/$(date +%Y%m%d)-article.md

Content Analysis

Analyze writing styles and topics:

Analyze the structure and persuasive techniques in this Medium article:

[paste anypost.md output]

Identify the hook, the main argument structure, and the conclusion technique.

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• All supported platforms

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Last updated: May 28, 2026