Bypass Confluence log in screen using Application Links

[Jeremiah Michaels]

I am using Confluence for external documentation and want to be able to authenticate in a new window, opening directly to the linked page from my application. Can this be done with Application Links? Our application is using JWT token authentication.

[James Richards]

Hello Jeremiah,

So, from what I understand you want to open a page of Confluence, with the user already authenticated into Confluence from your external application.

Application Links are for data sharing between Atlassian Applications by REST calls, so think of displaying the status of a Jira issue in a Confluence page. JWT tokens are used for the same. You could grab the storage format of a page, but then it wouldn't have the sweet display we know from Confluence.

So, you can try SSO with Crowd, or use a SAML provider between Confluence and your application. SAML in Standalone Server requires a plugin, in Data Centre it's included.

• https://confluence.atlassian.com/crowd/overview-of-sso-179445277.html
• https://confluence.atlassian.com/enterprise/saml-single-sign-on-for-atlassian-data-center-applications-857050705.html

Confluence's model is really to have anonymous access provided to the Space for the documentation, it's an inclusive model rather than an exclusive model.

Regards, James