Allow administrators to edit a restricted page

Olivier Crozier

Hello,

In the opposite of some other questions, it there any "automated" or "general configuration" way to allow an administrator to change the restriction on a confluence page?

Let me explain...

Due to some infrastructure change we might need to update several pages on a confluence with the help of a script. There are different solutions based on the Confluence CLI or with python.

However the page edit fails if the page is restricted.

An administrator can view a restricted page (as long as he knows the url) and even change the restriction on this page in order to allow himself to edit its content. He can also remove this permission then after.

Conclusion: An administrator can change the page permission on a restricted page via the GUI. Is there any equivalent solution with script? Alternativaly is there any general configuration that would allow an administrator to edit every page?

Thanks in advance,
Best regards,
Olivier

Olivier Crozier

Eventually I found the python solution thanks to the https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Remote+Confluence+Methods.

pageperms = client.confluence2.getContentPermissionSet(token, page['id'], 'Edit');

    tmppageperms = copy.deepcopy(pageperms)
    for contentPermission in tmppageperms['contentPermissions']:
        if contentPermission['userName'] == user:
            break;
    if ('contentPermission' not in locals() or contentPermission['userName'] != user):
        tmppageperms['contentPermissions'].append({'userName': user, 'type': 'Edit'})

    client.confluence2.setContentPermissions(token, page['id'], 'Edit', tmppageperms['contentPermissions']);
    raw_input('Press Enter to continue...')
    client.confluence2.setContentPermissions(token, page['id'], 'Edit', pageperms['contentPermissions']);

To be combined with the update page routine as described in this other article https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/104580/how-to-update-a-page-from-python.