Overview
Introduced in Scaffolding version 8.10.0, the Scaffolding REST API uses JSON and provides access to the schema of a page's form that can be used to write content into that form.
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For code examples, visit our Scaffolding REST API Code Examples page. |
Authentication
The Scaffolding REST API uses the same authentication as the Confluence API authentication. For more information, consult the Atlassian Developers documentation.
On this page:
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GET Method
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Retrieve the Scaffolding
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structure
Using the GET method, the Scaffolding REST API is able to return the structure of a Scaffolding page when requested with the Confluence
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page ID endpoint parameter.
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{CONFLUENCE-BASE-URL}/rest/scaffolding/1.0/api/form/meta/{pageid} |
A successful basic request will return
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the following.
Response
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[
{
"macro": "text-data",
"macroId": "ca6bab92-2039-4847-b85b-8c0a2ca7820c",
"minLength": null,
"name": "name",
"pattern": null,
"language": null,
"content": null,
"required": null,
"maxLength": null
}
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Retrieve Scaffolding Data
The following endpoint
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retrieves scaffolding data from a page
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using a pageid parameter.
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{CONFLUENCE-BASE-URL}/rest/scaffolding/1.0/api/form/{pageid} |
A successful request will return
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a response similar to the following.
Response
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[
{
"macro": "text-data",
"name": "text data field",
"value": "<strong>Hello world</strong>"
},
{
"macro": "number-data",
"name": "number data field",
"value": 2
},
{
"macro": "date-data",
"name": "date data field",
"value": "2017-04-02 11:11:11"
},
{
"macro": "list-data",
"name": "list data field",
"value": ["option 1"]
},
{
"macro": "attachment-data",
"name": "attachmentData",
"value": "picker.png"
}
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Endpoint Parameters
key | required | value |
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page ID of a Confluence page. Consult the Confluence documentation for more information. |
PUT Method
Using the PUT method, the Scaffolding REST API is able to import Scaffolding data.
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View the Parameters section below to see what macros are supported. |
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This method only works if there are existing Scaffolding macros with matching names on the page.
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value
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parameter is not provided or is null, the API will assume the field value to be empty.
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{CONFLUENCE-BASE-URL}/rest/scaffolding/1.0/api/form/{pageId} |
Endpoint Parameters
key | required | value |
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page ID of a Confluence page. Consult the Confluence documentation for more information. |
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JSON example for text-data, number-data, date-data, list-data, attachment-data
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[
{
"macro": "text-data",
"name": "text data field",
"value": "<strong>Hello world</strong>"
},
{
"macro": "number-data",
"name": "number data field",
"value": 2
},
{
"macro": "date-data",
"name": "date data field",
"value": "2017-04-02 11:11:11"
},
{
"macro": "list-data",
"name": "list data field",
"value": ["option 1"]
},
{
"macro": "attachment-data",
"name": "attachmentData",
"value": "picker.png"
}
] |
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JSON example for table-data and repeating-data
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[
{
"name": "table",
"macro": "table-data",
"type": "looping",
"value": {
0 : [
{
"macro": "text-data",
"name": "text data field",
"value": "<strong>Hello world</strong>"
}
],
1 : [
{
"macro": "text-data",
"name": "text data field",
"value": "<strong>Hello world</strong>"
}
]
}
},
{
"name": "repeat",
"macro": "repeating-data",
"value": {
0 : [
{
"macro": "text-data",
"name": "text data field",
"value": "<strong>Hello world</strong>"
}
],
1 : [
{
"macro": "text-data",
"name": "text data field",
"value": "<strong>Hello world</strong>"
}
]
}
}
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JSON example for group-data
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[
{
"macro": "group-data",
"name": "myGroup",
"value": [
{
"macro": "text-data",
"name": "justText",
"value": "Name is in group data API"
},
{
"macro": "number-data",
"name": "age",
"value": 12
}
]
}
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For Table Data and Repeating Data, the row number key starts from 0 and can be any positive integer. |
Parameters
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Macro (required) |
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Name (required) |
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Options Parameters
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Code Examples
Support Terms & Conditions
We provide support for the API itself (bug fixes and improvements) but do not provide support for implementation of the API and/or customization on your instance.
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