I’m using the Notion API and wish to replicate the app’s ‘Publish to Web’ feature. Is there an official or unofficial method to enable online publication of pages programmatically?
In my experience, the Notion API does not offer an official way to replicate the Publish to Web feature. I worked on a project where I needed to share Notion content directly, and I ended up writing a custom solution that fetched page data via the API, then processed the content to create a web-friendly layout. Essentially, I had to use third-party tools to generate static pages from the Notion data. Although this was more work than using a built-in feature, it provided a reliable workflow for online publication.
Based on my experiments with the Notion API, there is no direct or officially supported method to replicate the Publish to Web feature. I developed a custom solution that involves extracting page data via the API and transforming it into static HTML, which is then hosted on my server. This approach, although it requires manual upkeep and custom code, allows a similar output to Notion’s native webpage publishing. It also provides flexibility in terms of design and functionality. However, be mindful that reliance on the API might necessitate updates to your implementation in case of changes from Notion.