How to create a excerpt-include table via the Python API

[James Mulholland]

Hi, I have a script that currently creates multiple pages, with the goal of having a 'main' page with excerpt-include tables that link to child pages each of which with a 'excerpt' table on them. I have verified this works by creating it on Confluence manually.

I want to automate this creation, and I've managed to create all of the pages and the excerpt tables on the child pages. I can't work out however how to create the excerpt-include macro and link it properly. I've only managed to create an empty excerpt-include macro with the following:

<ac:structured-macro ac:name="excerpt-include"></ac:structured-macro> 

Do I need to pass the ID of the excerpt macro I want to link in this? Or how would I set this widget up?

[Ivan LN]

3 years late, but leaving my solution here in case it helps someone. 

I'm creating pages in confluence dynamically and I have a page in the same space and folder with the excerpts that I want to include in the page. 

I have a function to load the excerpt I need: 

def get_excerpt_include_macro(excerpt_name):

return f"""

<ac:macro ac:name="excerpt-include">

<ac:parameter ac:name="nopanel">true</ac:parameter>

<ac:parameter ac:name="name">{excerpt_name}</ac:parameter>

<ac:default-parameter>Static Information</ac:default-parameter>

</ac:macro>

"""

The body of my Confluence page is in HTML, so I remove the head and body tags, add the excerpts before or after and render the page