Upload attachment API attaches files to the Attachment tab rather the page

[atalwar]

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to use the confluence API to upload an attachment. The API works, however, the attachment goes to the attachments page. I would like the attachment to get attached to the page itself.

curl -v -S -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H "X-Atlassian-Token: no-check" -F "file=@myfile.txt" -F "comment=this is my file" "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482/child/attachment" | python -mjson.tool

[Thomas Deiler · Accepted solution]

Dear @atalwar ,

what you observed is "by design". All attachments are stored as 'content' of one page. The overview is the 'tab' you describe.

When you like to make the attachment appear on the page, you need to reference it in the body of your page.

I recommend to get one page with attachments, to have an example how attachments are referenced. Then, after the attachment upload, you can update the page with the REST API to make the attachment visible.

So long

Thomas D

[Thomas Deiler]

I found an excellent article with details about exactly what you like to do.