Update Pages in Confluence

[Hendrik Alexander Dembowsky]

Hello everyone,

I am currently writing a Python script to automatically keep a bunch of Confluence pages up to date with data from other tools. For this I use the Confluence API (V2). The pages all have the same structure and I only want to change individual elements in certain tables, can I do this without completely re-uploading the page. How should I proceed to update Confluence pages? The template of the page also has building blocks with macro id, can I perhaps change individual sections via this id?

Many thanks in advance for your help

[Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Accepted solution]

@Hendrik Alexander Dembowsky I don't think that you can update only parts of a page through the API.

One technique you could eventually consider is this:

• factor out the section you want to automatically update from its original location to a new separate page that you use only as an "include"
• in the original location, include this new page

From this point, you can update the "include", but because it is nothing else but your section, it should be easier.

[Hendrik Alexander Dembowsky]

okay too bad, thank you very much. Is there anything else to consider when working with the API (v2) in a python script to update pages? Are there any best practices?