Manipulate page in automation

[Joakim Edstrand]

Hi there,

I'm looking into the possibilities to create some dynamic pages in Confluence.

Currently, when a onboarding request is created in our JSM, we create a Confluence page for it using a template. The first thing I wanted to do was simply to have a link to the issue in the Confluence page but I can't find a way to implement it. Using "Create smart link" to link the issue wasn't to our satisfaction as it's disconnected from the page in question.

I might be missing something, but there doesn't seem to be a way to manipulate the contents of a page through neither Confluence automations nor JSM automations. The best I could do was to include the issue key in the title of the page, but is there really no way to dynamically manipulate the content of a page?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Joakim Edstrand -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Without using a marketplace app, modifying a Confluence page's content is possible with an automation rule, although it takes some effort and an understanding of the page content implementation:

• create the page, such as with your rule action
• use the REST API to get the page content with the Send Web Request action
• in the response, modify the page to add your link information
• identify the version of the page as it will need to be incremented for an update
• use the REST API to update the page content

I included some links to references if you want to try this approach.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Lukas Nicolai_Seibert]

@Joakim Edstrand Welcome to the Community! ✌️

If using a third-party app is an option for you, you can easily accomplish this with AutoPage:

• Automatically create Confluence pages that are linked to your JSM issue.
• Populate Confluence pages automatically with information from your JSM issue.
• Confluence pages are dynamically updated when your issue changes.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218503?tab=overview

Hope this helps! Feel free to let me know if you have any further questions

[Joakim Edstrand]

Thank you for your reply!

The work does not yet extend to a point where a third-party application is appropriate but thank you for your tip, it's definitely an interesting add-on.

However, as Confluence automations exists, it doesn't feel like too far of a stretch to be able to change the content of a page natively. At least at a more simple level compared to AutoPage. It would be interesting to know if this is planned for any road map, but I fear my search query skills are not sufficient to locate any information regarding this.

But once more, thank you for your input. I will read some more about AutoPage 😁