Get members of a user group

[Andreas Eckhardt]

Hi,
Confluence allows user groups with names like
SW_Integrator/Tester
The URL to get the members would be something like
https://<confluence-server>/rest/api/group/SW_Integrator/Tester/member
which will fail because of the slash in the group name.
How can I retrieve the content by using the atlassian_python_api?

[Dirk Ronsmans]

@Andreas Eckhardt ,

Have you tried doing a special character replace?

Normally "/" should translate to %2F

So making your url:

https://<confluence-server>/rest/api/group/SW_Integrator%2FTester/member

[Andreas Eckhardt]

I tried it, but ended up in:

HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request

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Type Status Report

Message Invalid URI: [The encoded slash character is not allowed]

Description The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error (e.g., malformed request syntax, invalid request message framing, or deceptive request routing).

[Dirk Ronsmans]

I found some documentation related to Bamboo but I think it's fair to assume the same would be valid for Confluence since they use the same Tomcat

https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamkb/if-there-is-a-slash-or-character-in-the-group-or-username-in-bamboo-permission-assignment-fails-1116295484.html

There is an option to add an argument but that's not adviced due to security.

Seems the advice is "don't use group names with a /"

You can always try and raise a support call with Atlassian to see if they have any other advice but i wouldn't hold my breath.

https://support.atlassian.com/contact

[Andreas Eckhardt]

Danke @Dirk Ronsmans für die guten Argumente. Jetzt versuche ich damit meiner IT zu zeigen, dass wir besser solche Namen verbieten. Wenn die Alternative ein Securityrisiko ist, sollte klappen ;-)

[Andreas Eckhardt]

Thanks to your support @Dirk Ronsmans I was able to convince my IT to forbidd member group names with slashes inside. So I could keep my scripts as they are. :-)