confluence - get specific text in a page with api

Question

Hi,

I was wondering is there a way to surround text in a page and then get that text from that page through an API call to the confluence page?

Any examples?

Thanks

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

The api doesn't have calls to interrogate the content beyond "get the content".

This is the same as the browser functionality - the page is rendered, then your human says "I'd like to pick out a bit of it that has been flagged in some way" - they search in the content that is in front of them in the browser, not by asking Confluence for it.

So the simple answer is "no", but you can do it - you use the API to fetch the content of the page, then write code that can search for and extract the content for what you are looking for.

Gavin_b342qo · Answer

thank you for sharing the answer. But wasn't looking to search. But trying to pull specific text from a specific wiki page. for example wikiPage1 Hello world

Gaurav_0av1h6 · Answer

Hello @Gavin

APIs can be used to search for text in Confluence. The complete documentation can be referenced here.

Kindly accept the answer if this helps.