How to extract a Confluence space - the whole page tree data for building a RAG chatbot

Question

Hi guys,

I am trying to build a conversational chatbot for my org based on our confluence space and for that, I need to extract the whole space and then build a RAG implementation pipeline, which I am planning to build on Azure.

Please tell me how to effectively extract the whole page tree. I don't have admin access, so the option to export the whole space is not available to me.

Are there any other ways that have worked for you?

David Nickell · Answer

If something can be done, it can usually be done with REST API Calls.

Its been a while since I've done any Confluence REST Calls.   This chart comes from makeing a call for the spaces in my instance, then the pages within each Space.   There is plenty of parent/child/verison/author/date type information available.

My example is somewhat limited;  I don't have access to any large confluence installations at the moment.

The Confluence REST API documentation is here:  https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v2/intro/#about

Hope this gets you started.  You will need an API key, but I do not think Admin Rights are needed.