reorder confluence 5.3 pages via api

[Amos Shapira]

I'm working on a tool to migrate our docbook/html documentation into Confluence. We currently use Confluence 5.3.1 and I do not have control over upgrading to a more recent version.

I use the JSON-RPC API (https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Remote+Confluence+Methods) and a Python script to do the work.

I'm hitting a problem where the individual pages are automatically ordered alphabetically when imported to Confluence. I need a way to enforce specific order via the script (we have a total of 44 books and 243 chapters, one page per chapter, so manual reorder is out of the question).

I tried to "movePage" within its parent with the "append" order after uploading it but although the API reports success the order stays auto-sorted.

What's the way to achieve that through the API?

[Bob Swift OSS (Bob Swift Atlassian Apps)]

There isn't a way to do this via remote APIs at this time. See also this answer for the Confluence CLI.

[Reinhard Jöhnk]

any progress here?

[Bob Swift OSS (Bob Swift Atlassian Apps)]

Yes, see CSOAP-343. And there are some movePage examples with this on Examples.

[Reinhard Jöhnk]

Thanks for the prompt reply !

But : I use the latest greatest Rest API, any chance?

[Steve Eckhart]

Is the ability to order pages through the API in the backlog for the Confluence REST API?

[Reinhard Jöhnk]

@ @Steve Eckhart: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRA-1276 ...

[Amos Shapira]

Any chance to get a response about this from Atlassian?