How to change history(createdDate, createdby) in page with PUT REST API

Question

Hi,

From the official Atlassian documentation (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest-api-examples/), i used

"history": {

"createdBy": {

"displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",

"profilePicture": { "height": 48, "isDefault": true,

"path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png", "width": 48 },

"type": "known",

"username": "admin" },

"createdDate": "2014-03-10T23:14:35.031+1100",

"latest": true },

But no success in changing either the date or author of the page.

SS, https://paste.pics/5080ba3d008f3ecc2e0b74c38416ca9b

BR,

Alex

Aleksandar Salevski_z7w0mw · Answer

David, i assumed that but tnx for the clarification!

unknown · Answer

Hello @Aleksandar Salevski

No, you can't use the REST API to change a page's createdBy, it is an immutable value that you can only read from the page history. Refer to this article where it's been discussed before, and there is also a link to this feature request to be able to change the page creator.

If you want more information about what aspects of Confluence content you can or can't change, the best place to start is the REST API documentation which describes updating content.

Aleksandar Salevski_z7w0mw · Answer

Hi,