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random uuid in user maco

René Kray

I want to write a Confluence user macro, which should get a unique uuid. Currently I fail to randomly generate this UUID.
The format should look like "#c199f52d-9724-4911-ad47-479e937d3b88".
I guess I can solve this, if someone shows me how I can access the java function Math.random(); from my user macro.

Accepted answers

Davin Studer

This is how I do it. I was never able to find a good way to generate a random number or find a way to get at Math.random() but this seems to work well.

#set( $id = $action.dateFormatter.calendar.timeInMillis )

Even when the user macro is used multiple times per page I find that I get different mills. So for velocity I reference it this way ...

<div id="mydiv-$id"></div>

and then I can target it with JavaScript this way.

<script>
var id = '$id';

ASJ.toInit(function(){
    var stuff = AJS.$('#' + id).html();
});
</script>

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Bill Bailey

For my user macros, I don't worry about that. Confluence will generate what it needs. Even if I am wrapping an existing macro, I delete that reference. It works fine.

René Kray

I want to modify the rendered results via JavaScript so I need a html object id for reference the right object on the page if a user used the macro multiple times on the same page.

Bill Bailey

Hmm, seems a bit hard. You could create your own ID, but you would then need to increment it each time, which complicated. And seems like a brittle solution to rely on javascript to modify an object based on ID that could change.

Is there a way to do it within the user macro so that it is dynamic?

Maybe sharing a bit more detail on what you are trying to do would help?

Davin Studer

This is how I do it. I was never able to find a good way to generate a random number or find a way to get at Math.random() but this seems to work well.

#set( $id = $action.dateFormatter.calendar.timeInMillis )

Even when the user macro is used multiple times per page I find that I get different mills. So for velocity I reference it this way ...

<div id="mydiv-$id"></div>

and then I can target it with JavaScript this way.

<script>
var id = '$id';

ASJ.toInit(function(){
    var stuff = AJS.$('#' + id).html();
});
</script>

René Kray

I have now solved this by forming a hash over all input parameters. This should be sufficient for my purposes.

René Kray

Thanks for your help. I will test it on occasion. For now my hash solution (see above) works fine for me.

Lion_8r229f

why I can not get time in 8.2.1? i copy the line in my macro and change nothing, but I get a $id result .

Lion_8r229f

It's a bug , shit, wasted my 2 hours.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-82741

BTW, confluence does not give a solution to distinct many macro instances of the same macro definition in the same page , No one has this demand?

BTW, #set( $id = $action.dateFormatter.calendar.get(14) ) is better in this scenario.

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