How to add/update Page restrictions using API calls in Confluence SERVER

[Ritika Saini]

Task- Write a Python script to add restrictions to a page in Confluence Serversuch that no one can read/update it. Something like this... but for Server

I have read these questions but they are pretty old and unsupported solutions, are there any better (updated and working) solutions??

• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-i-set-page-restrictions-read-update-with-Confluence/qaq-p/694096?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=unpaid-social&utm_campaign=P:online*O:community*I:social_share*
• https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/Set-Page-Restrictions-using-Confluence-REST-API-v5-5/qaq-p/487662

[David Bakkers · Accepted solution]

Hello @Ritika Saini 

Confluence Server doesn't have any REST API endpoints to add / change content restrictions, only ones to read them.

Only Confluence Cloud has those types of REST API endpoints.

[Ritika Saini]

aren't there any alternatives to achieve this?

[David Bakkers]

There are two alternatives.

1. Follow the advice that @Nic Brough -Adaptavist- gave you in this thread, and buy ScriptRunner which will allow you to run the script to add restrictions to pages using the old Java API and the ContentPermissionManager class, as described on this thread.
2. Stop using Confluence Server and switch to Confluence Cloud.

Choose one.

Have fun!