Change limit of expanded children (REST API)

[Gary Sharp]

I am fetching several levels of children through the REST API using the expand functionality, but I am unable to figure out how to change the limit of the number of children returned.  It is always 25, even if I raise the limit on the top level.  Is this possible?  If so what is the syntax?

The call I am making is rest/api/content/search?cql=id=111&limit=200&expand=children.page,children.page.children.page

[Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_]

Firstly, there are a number of questions that are about the REST APIs. Usually, the best location to go to ask these questions are the Developer Community: https://community.developer.atlassian.com

As for the problems themselves, it seems that people are trying to iterate the children of a single piece of content using the REST APIs.

If you are:

• Looking for all of the immediate children of a piece of content, then I would recommend using: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#api-content-id-child-get
• If you are looking for all of the ultimate descendants of a single piece of content then I would recommend: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/#api-content-id-descendant-get

If you can't successfully make those requests work then I would recommend either raising  thread on the Developer Community to seek help OR if you are confident that it is a bug (as per Gabriel's case) it would be a good idea to raise a bug against Confluence Cloud in jira.atlassian.com).

I hope this helps get everybody started in the right direction. Cheers!

[Tova Pozen]

Are these APIs existing for server as well?
Especially the API for fetching all of the ultimate descendants of a single piece of conten?

[gabrielfreiberg]

Any help here, @Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_ ?

I am also trying to use the Content API to get content. Any time you include some expands, the API ignores the Start and Limit parameters.

e.g. content/653690267?start=10&limit=25&expand=descendants.page

[HuguesGauthier]

I tried this and it works

/rest/api/content/9666655/child/page?limit=200

9666655 is a page with a lot of child.

[Gary Sharp]

The issue is when using the expand functionality on the search.  Using the child endpoint does not provide the same data.

[M T]

Anybody found the answer to this?

Running into the same issue as Gary so I tried to call children directly attached to a page, with the hopes that the API would accept a limit on that call: 

/rest/api/content/14778915/child?expand=page.body.view&limit=250

[Gary Sharp]

Good point @Robert Massaioli, updated my question to include the path that I am using.

[Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_]

You probably need to provide more details on exactly which REST api you are using and with what arguments?