Deprecation notice (applicable for Markdown from a URL macro):
Please note that the URL user and URL password parameters are deprecated and will be removed on March 31, 2022. We recommend using profiles to access your data from remote locations.
This article illustrates the process of adding a GitLab profile to the Markdown from a URL macro.
Before you begin:
To add a profile, you need the following:
- Personal access token for information about generating a GitLab access token. Refer to GitLab access token URL for the actual URL to generate the access token if you have a GitLab account.
- Whitelist the required GitLab URL in Confluence configuration settings if Restrict URL access in Markdown for Confluence Configuration is enabled.
Raw URL of the file to be rendered.
A raw URL is defined as the part of the URL following the domain information and includes the query string, if present. For example, in the URL string http://www.contoso.com/articles/recent.aspx, the raw URL is /articles/recent.aspx.
How to identify if a file is valid for the macro?
Paste the file link into your browser's address bar. If the actual code is displayed in the browser, it is considered to be invalid or in an incorrect format. If the file downloads to your system, the macro can process the file and its contents.
Steps
Navigate to CONFLUENCE ADMINISTRATION > General Configuration > BOB SWIFT CONFIGURATION > Markdown > Profiles.
Click Add Profile.
Enter a unique profile name in the Profile name text box.
Ensure that you provide a unique profile name. If you enter a profile name that already exists, the existing profile gets replaced with the given information.
Select GitLab from the options in Profile type.
The Request headers parameter is auto-filled and more information gets appended as other relevant parameters are filled.
Enter the relevant URL for GitLab in the URL text box. Example: https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects.
It is recommended to provide only the base URL in this text box and let the users enter the relevant relative path to the actual file to be rendered through the macro. This method allows multiple users to access a profile across pages and instances of the macros.
Enter User and Password credentials required to access the given URL, or enter the access token for your GitLab profile in the Access token text box. Refer to this personal access token article to know how to create your personal access token.
Access tokens or API tokens are a means of user authentication; so, if mentioned, this token is used for authentication instead of using the user credentials. Thus, provide either the user credentials or an access token, but not both.
In this example, an access token is used to connect and access the GitLab repositories.
- Click Save profile to create a profile.
