Does the Confluence REST documentation work?

Get involved · April 1, 2021

I started at https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/creating-confluence-pages-programmatically/qaq-p/741264 which took me to https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/confluence-rest-api-examples/ but the examples don't seem to work.

If I run this following (with appropriate password):

curl -u dwhitfield:password $ -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"type":"page","title":"Rancher test",

"space":{"key":"TST"},"body":{"storage":{"value":"<p>Rancher</p>","representation":

"storage"}}}' http://confluence.roguewave.com/confluence/rest/api/content/

I get this response:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US" >
<head>
<title> - Rogue Wave Confluence</title>

window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Info = window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Info || {};
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Info.version = "7.1.1";
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Info.commitId = "8e62df5";

window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration = window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration || {};
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.desktopTrackingEnabled = true;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.mobileWebTrackingEnabled = true;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.mobileNativeTrackingEnabled = true;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.linchpinPluginEnabled = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.privacyMode = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.hiddenUserStatistic = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.isDataSecurityInfoBoxFeatureEnabled = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.isDataSecurityLinkFeatureEnabled = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.isPrivacyModeShowUsersReportFeatureEnabled = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.isViewsCounterEnabled = true;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.isStatisticCacheEnabled = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.isAnonymizeViewersEnabled = false;
window.Bitvoodoo.Viewtracker.Configuration.debug = false;

// to support k15t Viewport
</script>

</head>

<div id='stp-licenseStatus-banner'></div>
<ul id="assistive-skip-links" class="assistive">
<li><a href="#title-heading">Skip to content</a></li>
<li><a href="#breadcrumbs">Skip to breadcrumbs</a></li>
<li><a href="#header-menu-bar">Skip to header menu</a></li>
<li><a href="#navigation">Skip to action menu</a></li>
<li><a href="#quick-search-query">Skip to quick search</a></li>
</ul>
<div id="page">
<div id="full-height-container">
<div id="header-precursor">
<div class="cell">

</div>
</div>

<header id="header" role="banner">
<nav class="aui-header aui-dropdown2-trigger-group" role="navigation"><div class="aui-header-inner"><div class="aui-header-before"><a class=" aui-dropdown2-trigger app-switcher-trigger" aria-controls="app-switcher" aria-haspopup="true" role="button" tabindex="0" data-aui-trigger href="#app-switcher"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-appswitcher">Linked Applications</span></a><div id="app-switcher" class="aui-dropdown2 aui-style-default" role="menu" aria-hidden="true" data-is-switcher="true" data-environment="{"isUserAdmin":false,"isAppSuggestionAvailable":false,"isSiteAdminUser":false}"><div role="application"><div class="app-switcher-loading">Loading...</div></div></div></div><div class="aui-header-primary"><h1 id="logo" class="aui-header-logo aui-header-logo-custom"><a href="/"><img src="/download/attachments/622770/atl.site.logo?version=7&modificationDate=1568394700000&api=v2" alt="Rogue Wave Confluence" /></a></h1><ul class="aui-nav">
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<a id="space-directory-link" href="/spacedirectory/view.action" class=" aui-nav-imagelink" title="Spaces">
<span>Spaces</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="people-directory-link" href="/browsepeople.action" class=" aui-nav-imagelink" title="People">
<span>People</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a href="/calendar/mycalendar.action" class=" aui-nav-imagelink" title="Calendars">
<span>Calendars</span>
</a>
</li>
<li class="aui-buttons">

<a href="/plugins/createcontent/createpage-defaultspace.action?src=quick-create" id="quick-create-page-button" class="aui-button aui-button-primary" title = 'Create blank page' tabindex="0">Create</a>
<a href="#" id="create-page-button" class="aui-button aui-button-primary clc-create-dialog-btn" title = 'Create from template' tabindex="0"><span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-more">Create </span></a>
</li>
</ul>
</div><div class="aui-header-secondary"><ul class="aui-nav">
<li>
<div id="search-ui" class="aui-quicksearch dont-default-focus header-quicksearch"><input id="quick-search-query" aria-label="Search" placeholder="Search" type="text" /><div id="quick-search-alert" role="alert">Hit enter to search</div><aui-spinner size="small"></aui-spinner></div>
</li>
<li>

<a id="help-menu-link" class="aui-nav-link aui-dropdown2-trigger aui-dropdown2-trigger-arrowless" href="#" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="help-menu-link-content" title="Help">
<span class="aui-icon aui-icon-small aui-iconfont-question-filled">Help</span>
</a>
<nav id="help-menu-link-content" class="aui-dropdown2 aui-style-default" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="aui-dropdown2-section">
<ul id="help-menu-link-leading" class="aui-list-truncate section-leading first">
<li>

<a id="confluence-help-link" href="https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/docs-710/" class=" " title="Visit the Confluence documentation home" target="_blank"
>
Online Help
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="keyboard-shortcuts-link" href="#" class=" " title="View available keyboard shortcuts" >
Keyboard Shortcuts
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="feed-builder-link" href="/dashboard/configurerssfeed.action" class=" " title="Create your custom RSS feed." >
Feed Builder
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="whats-new-menu-link" href="https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+7.10+Release+Notes?a=false" class=" " title="" >
What’s new
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="gadget-directory-link" href="#" class=" user-item administration-link " title="Browse gadgets provided by Confluence" >
Available Gadgets
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="confluence-about-link" href="/aboutconfluencepage.action" class=" " title="Get more information about Confluence" >
About Confluence
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

</li>
<li>

</li>
<li>

<a id="notifications-anchor" href="#" class="mw-anchor read aui-nav-imagelink" title="">
<span></span>
</a>

</li>
<li>

<a id="user-menu-link" class="aui-dropdown2-trigger aui-dropdown2-trigger-arrowless " aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="user-menu-link-content" data-username="dwhitfield" href="#" title="Doug Whitfield">
<div class="aui-avatar aui-avatar-small">
<div class="aui-avatar-inner">
<img alt="Profile picture for dwhitfield" />
</div>
</div>
<span class="aui-icon-dropdown"></span>
</a>
<nav id="user-menu-link-content" class="aui-dropdown2 aui-style-default" aria-hidden="true">
<div class="aui-dropdown2-section">
<ul id="user-menu-link-user-preferences" class="aui-list-truncate section-user-preferences first">
<li>

<a id="create-personal-space-link" href="/spaces/createpersonalspace.action" class=" user-item personal-space create-personal-space-link " title="" >
Add personal space...
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="view-user-history-link" href="/users/viewuserhistory.action" class=" user-item user-history popup-link " title="" >
Recently viewed
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="user-recently-worked-on" href="/dashboard.action#recently-worked" class=" user-item " title="" >
Recently worked on
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="aui-dropdown2-section">
<ul id="user-menu-link-user-content" class="aui-list-truncate section-user-content">
<li>

<a id="view-user-profile-link" href="/users/viewmyprofile.action" class=" user-item user-profile " title="" >
Profile
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="view-mytasks-link" href="/plugins/inlinetasks/mytasks.action" class=" user-item list-user-status " title="" >
Tasks
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="user-favourites-link" href="/users/viewmyfavourites.action" class=" user-item " title="" >
Saved for later
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="user-watches-link" href="/users/viewnotifications.action" class=" user-item " title="" >
Watches
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="user-drafts-link" href="/users/viewmydrafts.action" class=" user-item " title="" >
Drafts
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="user-network-link" href="/users/viewfollow.action?username=dwhitfield" class=" follow-link " title="" >
Network
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="user-settings-link" href="/users/viewmysettings.action" class=" user-item " title="" >
Settings
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a id="upm-requests-link" href="/plugins/servlet/upm/requests?source=header_user" class=" " title="" >
Atlassian Marketplace
</a>
</li>
<li>

<a href="/plugins/gliffy/gliffyUserPage.action" class=" " title="" >
Gliffy Diagram
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="aui-dropdown2-section">
<ul id="user-menu-link-user-operations" class="aui-list-truncate section-user-operations">
<li>

<a id="logout-link" href="/logout.action" class=" user-item logout-link " title="" >
Log Out
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>

</li>
</ul>
</div></div></nav>
<br class="clear">
</header>

</div>

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<span style="display:none;" id="confluence-server-performance">{"serverDuration": 2100, "requestCorrelationId": "e82e31a4b3563668"}</span>
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</html>

If I go to https://confluence.roguewave.com/confluence/rest/api/content/#all-updates there is no update from my post.

I am not an admin, so I won't be able to change plugins. Might that be an issue? How would I investigate?

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