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title: "Comment by Matthew Reed on \"Announcing Hashnode Public APIs 2.0 closed beta\" | Hashnode"
description: "Hi, to be clear, is this new API a complete replacement of the API described in the below link? Or is the below link describing the new API? https://support.has"
url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e/comment/64dd99f39154427d760d2f5c"
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[Discussion](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e)

Comment [Announcing Hashnode Public APIs 2.0 closed beta](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e)

[Matthew Reed](https://hashnode.com/@mreed)

[Aug 17, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e/comment/64dd99f39154427d760d2f5c)

Hi, to be clear, is this new API a complete replacement of the API described in the below link? Or is the below link describing the new API? [support.hashnode.com/en/collections/3684975-hashn…](https://support.hashnode.com/en/collections/3684975-hashnode-api)

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

[Aug 17, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e/comment/64dd99f39154427d760d2f5c#reply-64dda2b19154427d760d312c)

This is a replacement for the old API described in that doc.

[Matthew Reed](https://hashnode.com/@mreed)

[Aug 17, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e/comment/64dd99f39154427d760d2f5c#reply-64dda4574429385b92805896)

@sandeep

Thanks! I'm using it currently, and in v2 will we have the ability to use syntax highlighting externally? For example, I think with prism.js a className has to be set on the code block, but as I understand it that className will have to be sent by the API

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

[Aug 17, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e/comment/64dd99f39154427d760d2f5c#reply-64dda8ee4429385b928059a8)

[Matthew Reed](https://hashnode.com/@mreed) We will send post content in both markdown and html format. So, you are free to choose any syntax highlighter!

[Matthew Reed](https://hashnode.com/@mreed)

[Aug 30, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e/comment/64dd99f39154427d760d2f5c#reply-64eeb9669aae004fb5a8e8ab)

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

Hi again, will we need to send a token with our API call? I'm currently not sending one with my v1 implementation

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

[Aug 30, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/hashnode-public-apis-2-closed-beta/64dcf7e1a427d1d49800396e/comment/64dd99f39154427d760d2f5c#reply-64eeba550f36f04fe5fe4215)

[Matthew Reed](https://hashnode.com/@mreed) you don’t need to send any tokens for queries in v2. You need token only for mutations. I also encourage you to join our discord: [discord.gg/hashnode](https://discord.gg/hashnode) (general-apis-chat) to be in the loop and ask any quick questions!