Confluence user macro programming

[Rumceisz]

Hi All,

I start writing macros but I don't have a clue to this scripting language. Can you suggest a page, tutorial, etc. where I can start learning?

I saw the Confluence documentation but the most stuff is about configuring and not about how to programming. Or maybe I left something out of consideration.

Thanks in advance!

Rumi

[CharlesH · Accepted solution]

There's also this useful presentation from a previous Atlassian Summit! ;)

http://www.atlassian.com/company/about/events/summit/2010/presentations/collaboration-and-projects/macros-reports-confluence.jsp

[Andrew Frayling]

Hi Rumi,

These are the docs that I use:

• http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Writing+User+Macros
• http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Guide+to+User+Macro+Templates
• https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Confluence+Objects+Accessible+From+Velocity
• http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Examples+of+User+Macros
• http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Shared+User+Macros
• http://velocity.apache.org/

I find the shared user macros really useful as they're a collection of user contributed macros that you can install, pull apart and tweak to see how they work.

Hope that helps?

Andrew.

[Rumceisz]

Hi Andrew,

thanks for the documentation! I try to code for the https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/54728/display-all-the-groups-users-of-each-space

Have you had time to this?

Thanks again!

Rumi

[Rumceisz]

Confluence macro is written in Velocity, right?

[Andrew Frayling]

Hi Rumi,

I have spent some more time on it, but (unless I'm missing something) it's not that straight forward so it's going to take me a while.

And, yup, Confluence User Macros are written in Apache Velocity.

Andrew.

[Rumceisz]

Hi Andrew,

many thanks for your help!

Regards,
Rumi

[Rumceisz]

Hi Andrew,

I think I found your macro what I need: http://blog.networkedcollaboration.com/2012/04/28/confluence-space-administrators-remixed/#comment-4247

I put a comment there.