unable to create Confluence page through REST API but web UI

[Sam Lee]

I can create a Confluence page through the web portal(https://XXX.atlassian.net/wiki/). I was able to create a Confluence page through REST API until 2019-Apr-24.

I have not changed any credential and am returned an error code below:

{
"statusCode": 403,
"data": {
"authorized": false,
"valid": true,
"errors": [],
"successful": false
},
"message": "com.atlassian.confluence.api.service.exceptions.PermissionException: Could not create content with type page"
}

source code:

public static void postConfluence(String title, String ancestorId, String content) throws Exception
{
HttpClient httpClient = HttpClientBuilder.create().build(); //Use this instead

try {

HttpPost request = new HttpPost("https://XXX.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/");

byte[] encodedBytes = Base64.encodeBase64((Util.getApplicationProperty("report.atlassian.acc") + ":" + Util.getApplicationProperty("report.atlassian.pass")).getBytes());
String base64Auth = new String(encodedBytes);
System.out.println("encodedBytes: " + base64Auth);
request.addHeader("Authorization", "Basic " + base64Auth);
request.addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.addHeader("X-Atlassian-Token", "no-check");
System.out.println("executing request " + request.getRequestLine());

StringEntity params =new StringEntity("{\"type\":\"page\",\"title\":\"" + title + "\",\"ancestors\":[{\"id\":" + ancestorId + "}],\"space\":{\"key\":\"YYY\"},\"body\":{\"storage\":{\"value\":\"" + content + "\",\"representation\":\"storage\"}}}");
request.setEntity(params);
HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request);

System.out.println("executing request " + response.toString());

//handle response here...

}catch (Exception ex) {

//handle exception here

} finally {
//Deprecated
//httpClient.getConnectionManager().shutdown();
}
}

I had researched this problem. Some said it might be due to permission. If so, which file or configuration I have to check?

Update: 2019-07-22

We had checked the Key is correct and matches with the value from the JSON returned from https://XXX.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space?limit=250&start=0

[Sam Lee]

Anybody gives me a helping hand?

[sara]

Hi,

Are you able to create the same page in the space from UI now?.

[Sam Lee]

sure

[lordkortex]

Hi, I had same issue. In my case the problem was the ket attribute on space property:

StringEntity params =new StringEntity("{\"type\":\"page\",\"title\":\"" + title + "\",\"ancestors\":[{\"id\":" + ancestorId + "}],\"space\":{\"key\":\"YYY\"},\"body\":{\"storage\":{\"value\":\"" + content + "\",\"representation\":\"storage\"}}}");

Verify this YYY value is correct . You can check which containers workspace you have at this url

https://YOURDOMAIN.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space

It return a JSON, search for value on  "key":"YOURWORSPACE". Replace this value on  your variable

StringEntity params =new StringEntity("{\"type\":\"page\",\"title\":\"" + title + "\",\"ancestors\":[{\"id\":" + ancestorId + "}],\"space\":{\"key\":\"YOURWORSPACE\"},\"body\":{\"storage\":{\"value\":\"" + content + "\",\"representation\":\"storage\"}}}");

I hope it helps.

[Sam Lee]

I had checked that the Key is correct(match with the value returned by JSON)