Move page to new parent with Confluence Cloud REST API

[rdwyer@metabolon.com]

I'm trying to move pages programatically from one place in the hierarchy to another.  Some claim this can't be done and others claim to have done it with something like this;

url = "https://foobar.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/1147126"

payload = json.dumps(

{"id":1147126,
"type":"page",
"title":"My page 8", 
"ancestors":[{"id":1378762}], 
"space":{"key":"CD"},
"version":{"number":4}})

headers = {
"Accept": "application/json",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

r = requests.request("PUT", url, data=payload, headers=headers, auth=auth)

print(r.ok , r.status_code , r.reason, r.url)

jl = json.loads(r.text)
jl

When I run this, I get:

True 200 OK https://foobar.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/1147126

But, in fact, the page is still in the same place when I refresh.

Can anybody help?

[rdwyer@metabolon.com · Accepted solution]

After expending several hours with experiments, I got it to work, sort of. 

The title has to be changed.  

payload = json.dumps(

{"id":1147126,
"type":"page",
"title": "new page 8", 
"ancestors":[{"id":1378762}], 
"space":{"key":"CD"},
"version":{"number":4}})

Then the version number can be bumped, and the title can be changed back.

payload = json.dumps(

{"id":1147126,
"type":"page",
"title":"My page 8", 
"ancestors":[{"id":1378762}], 
"space":{"key":"CD"},
"version":{"number":5}})

It's not how I would have designed it.

[Thomas Deiler]

I remember - the version need to be increased manually - I expected this to be done automatically like when you update a page with the browser ...

[rdwyer@metabolon.com]

The version must be increased TWICE.

In my one week's experience with the REST API, it appears to me that it is ALWAYS necessary to get the page, extract the version, and increase the version in any update.

[Thomas Deiler]

Dear rdwyer@metabolon.com ,

at first view the request seems fine. Content update with a new ancestors id. Consider following:

• check permission or page restrictions
• get full content first and update the ancestors id only, then PUT again
• could be a bug (search at https://jira.atlassian.com)

So long

Thomas

[rdwyer@metabolon.com]

Thanks for taking a look.

[Supreet]

Folks, I was able to replicate the issue and created a bug: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67046

Meanwhile I would recommend you to try using the workaround of changing page title

[Craig Anderson]

There seems to be a (new?) API to move a page in the hierarchy: Move Position