Action: create Confluence Page with Jira Report

Question

I want to create a release notes page in Confluence with static list of all Jira issues of a given release, the moment the version is released.

I am aware that there is an automation action to create a Confluence Page - but it somehow is insufficient. It allows selection a space, a parent page and a template - but the template selector only shows custom made templates.

Ideally I want to be able to select an output like the dynamic Jira reports in a static way for external/anonymous users.

Is that possible somehow?

Anand Inamdar_Amoeboids · Answer

@Stefan Prelle based on above conversation, it is definitely not a cakewalk to achieve what you are trying to. May I suggest you look at the marketplace apps that might potentially solve this challenge for you?

These are some of the apps that should help - https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=release%20notes

PS - I am the product owner of Automated release notes & Automated release notes (Free) apps. ARN apps allow for a lot many use cases when it comes to the Confluence integration, you may want to give them a try.

Best,
Anand

Sam Harding · Answer

Some similar discussions can be found on this thread, maybe this will provide some help https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-i-create-a-new-page-from-a-users-template-using-rest-api/qaq-p/1059884

Sam Harding · Answer

Ah yes, using a template in this case would be very difficult.

I don't really think there is a viable approach there without having to do some very long and complicated text manipulation (ie, hitting the confluence api to fetch a template, then use a series of regex replacements to populate it).

Perhaps a better approach here would be to create a page from a template, and then update the page using the update api which contains some 'storage' and formatting concepts to allow easier manipulation of the page contents

Unfortunately, I don't think there is an easier or comprehensive solution to this problem at this time.

Cheers
Sam