How do I get space header and footer via Rest API?

Question

Hello.

We are linking spaces in header so that users can locate themselves in the space tree.

I want to use these links in a python script to automatically build a space tree diagram using plantuml.

How can I get space headers via rest api?

Thanks in advance.

Stephen Sifers · Answer

Hello again Paula,

While access to the header/footer/sidebar are not an available feature. There are multiple marketplace place add-ons which allow you gain access to the header/footer/sidebar. Here is a marketplace search for those add-ons. These add-ons will also allow for additional automation opportunities.

As far as the wiki editor being removed, there is a blog post available which covers your concerns. You can find the blogpost at Why We Removed the Wiki Markup Editor.

I hope this helps in your quest to ease life with automation.

Regards,
Stephen Sifers

Paula Cristina Vaz · Answer

Also... why did you disable the wiki editor? It is so much easier to edit plain text.

At least let us edit html.

Paula Cristina Vaz · Answer

Thanks Stephen.

Confluence seems like a good tool, but it also seems incomplete. You can use it as a sophisticated notebook, but when you try to do some automation or more complicated things, functionality is missing. In my company we are around 3000 people using confluence. It is impossible to have some governance over confluence spaces without some automation. :-)