How to embed code to medium blog which doesn't disappear

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I'm using the medium blogging system and I need to insert some code (cli commands, scripts in JS, ...)

I'm using the Keyboard shortcuts but when I press Ctr + Alt + 6 the selected code dissapears.

Is there any other way to insert any code (single or multiline) or some code snippets in our medium publishing process?

Were you able to figure this out? Whatever (and however) I paste gist urls to Medium, the "magic" just never happens. Whenever I copy gist urls from other posts, they do get formatted though... — toraritte, Jul 07 '17 at 12:35
Related: [How to retrieve Medium stories for a user from the API?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/36097527) — VLAZ, Nov 28 '22 at 20:12

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '16 at 15:23

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For embedding scripts/snippets in JS in my Medium blog, I use gist. After you create the gist, select “clone via HTTPS” and get the .git link (e.g https://gist.github.com/ab056e7d7d521b5e90b6747bbfd8bac4.git).

Then in Medium blog page, just paste that .git URL from Gist and press Enter. Wait a second or so and the code will appear, perfectly formatted.

answered Aug 25 '16 at 15:23

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You can also select "Share" instead and it will work. – James Hirschorn Mar 07 '18 at 13:30
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or just use the standard URL – jeznag Aug 14 '18 at 07:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 09 '18 at 13:53

As mentioned by @Rohan Paul you can use gist for adding code snippets and the Steps for Adding Gist is as follows:

Step 1:Click on the + button on the left side and select Add Embed

Step 2:Simply copy the link of the gist from the browser

Step 3:Paste the link inside the Add Embed Cheers its done

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 19 '21 at 12:41

Both answers are given above direct us to embed gist but the question itself said he needs to add some CLI commands. So there is no point of using gist for just for simple CLI command. I also came across this issue with my Windows PC ctrl + alt + 6 short key is not worked as expected. This might happen because of some cashing problem in the browser. but refresh the page also doesn't work. So just open a new incognito window and try the same short key ctrl + alt + 6 and it worked for me.

Note: Short key for windows: ctrl + alt + 6 Short key for Mac: command + option + 6

How to embed code to medium blog which doesn't disappear

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