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Authentication methods to export single page to PDF from script

Eugenio Rustico

Hi,

I need to export a single page to PDF from a script. As far as I understand, the options are:

Use an external plugin for PDF export (such as Scroll PDF) and its API
Use the Confluence CLI interface
Get the URL with a the web browser (e.g. https://.../confluence/spaces/flyingpdf/pdfpageexport.action?pageId=12345678) and use e.g. curl

I would like to use option 3. According to the docs I can use either Basic authentication, which means hardcoding user credentials in a script, or OAuth, which requires a token. I would be happier about OAuth, but from the admin panel it looks like I can generate tokens only for apps/plugins; therefore I must use some user credentials in the scripts, which looks unsafe and cumbersome.

Is there any other way to export a PDF without additional plugins and without using user credentials? Is there any way to generate a token for a script?

Thank you.

Accepted answers

Eugenio Rustico

In case someone else is interested: yes, it is possible. The "app URL" can be an arbitrary "virtual" URL and the authentication process can be triggered by command line (the sample clients will provide a link to authenticate a token via browser once).