User mention Macro - REST API

Orlando Jurcone

Hi,

 

I am trying to create a Confluence Page using REST API and mention some existing users. Do do this I am using this macro:

<ac:link>
<ri:user ri:userkey="123456789"/>
</ac:link>

It works perfectly, but I can only get my userkey. To get others I need to ask each one particularly or query database for which I don't have access.

 

I tried something like this:

<ac:link>
<ri:user ri:user="user"/>
</ac:link>

 

but I got:

{"statusCode":500,"data":{"authorized":false,"valid":true,"errors":[],"successful":false},"message":"java.lang.RuntimeException: com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.XhtmlException: com.atlassian.confluence.content.render.xhtml.XhtmlException: Missing required attribute: {http://atlassian.com/resource/identifier}username"}
500

 

Is there a way to mention a Confluence user using Rest API with only the user name (not user-key)?

 

Thanks.

Bill Bailey

You are writing a user macro? If so you can try this code:

<p><ac:link>
#set($userInfo = $userAccessor.getUserByName("$userEntry")) 
<ri:user ri:userkey="$userInfo.key"/>
</ac:link></p>

Where $userEntry is the user name you want is selected using the @Param XXXX|type=username