Export of user macro values not workling when using javascript

[thorsten_schmidt]

Hi,

I'm just getting started to create user macros for confluence so I hope this is not a to silly question.

I created an user macro which simply searches for some text on it's confluence page and depending on the search result creates an output.

Simplified it looks like this:

<span id=(resultDate+$content.id)></span>

<script>
$(document).ready(function() {

    var dateElement = document.getElementById("(resultDate+" + $content.id+ ")");
        var dateResult = "Date result text";

    $(dateElement).html(dateResult);

});
</script>

The macro works as expected but when I try to export the page as pdf or word my result is not included in the export.

As far as I searched the forum I guess that exporting is done on the server side and the javascript is done on the client side so that my javascript is not executed when exporting.

How can I achieve that my result is also included in the export-files?

Best regards,
Thorsten

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

Using javascript in Atlassian applications is always a pain, and generally the second worst way to do anything with them.

User macros are a clumsy way to do javascript too - why not write the macro to do the work properly, as they're designed to do?

[thorsten_schmidt]

Looks like writing a macro is the only clean possibility.

[Danyal Iqbal]

the second worst way

Wondering about the first worst way.

[Davin Studer · Accepted solution]

You are correct that the PDF and Word export is server side. You could however, run your user macro and the print to PDF. That happens client side and thus you DOM changes made via JavaScript would be caught.

[thorsten_schmidt]

Hmm I already feared that. So there is no other possibility?

[thorsten_schmidt]

Up to now the only possible solution apart from using the printing functionality of the browser would be to write a "real" macro and not to use the user macros.

As I'm new to the Atlassian Community: what should I do with my answer? Accept a solution, leave it open?

[Davin Studer]

I would accept a solution(s) if the question is answered ... even if it's not the answer you were hoping for. Unfortunately, sometimes the correct answer is "It can't be done the way you want".

[Danyal Iqbal]

where is the execute method? It makes more sense to pass a json to js from the execute method.

[thorsten_schmidt]

I thought that there is no need for an execute method. The script is automatically executed after the page is loaded