Publish complex xhtml report to confluence using REST API

Question

Hi ,

I have a complex  xhtml file with css styling. When i try to publish it to confluence python REST api  i'm seeing 'Error parsing xhtml'. Tried to validate in w3c html validator i see many errors in the document. So, upon converting to html5 , i was able to publish the document but the styling is not applied properly. It would be great if i can publish the html content with perfect rendering in the confluence. Any pointers would be helpful

Sample python code :

payload = json.dumps(    {    "type": "page",    "title": page_title,    "ancestors": [{"id":parent_page_id}],    "space": {"key":space_key},    "body": {        "storage":{            "value": html_content,             "representation": "storage"        }    }} )    response=requests.post(url,headers=headers,data=payload,auth=auth)

Anil Kummari · Answer

is there any workaround so that i can get CSS styling on  confluence page?

Anil Kummari · Answer

I've converted xhtml to html5 which works perfectly fine on the browser. But CSS styling is not rendered when i view the same html5 on confluence which was created using the REST API. @Aron Gombas _Midori_

Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Answer

Confluence is not a full HTML based web server, it uses its own internal format knows as ADF. You can't expect that any CSS thrown to Confluence will just work.

I am quite sure that you need to transform the HTML a bit to match the requirements of Confluence.