Automatically link the URL of a Confluence page to a Jira issue and vice versa.

[Schuuudi]

Hi there, 

I have created an automation where I automatically create a Confluence page from a newly created Jira issue. Now I want to automatically link the Confluence URL in the Jira ticket using ‘Link Confluence Page.’ Afterwards, I also want the Confluence page to be automatically linked to the Jira ticket.

I am not a developer, and I have spent hours researching how to implement my idea using the ‘Send web requests’ automation – unfortunately, without success. Can someone give me an advice?

Thanks in advance :-) 

[Abel A]

Hi, 

I used this endpoint. https://yoursite.atlassian.net/rest/confluenceIssueLink/1/confluence?issueId={{issue.id}}&pageUrl={{createdPage.url}}. Takes some time (2~10 minutes) for cloud to index the link. The link is created right away but based on my experience it does not open right away. 

[Hans Polder]

It would be so cool if this works! I was trying it as well with the webrequest but for the life of me I couldn't figure out what to do with just the {{createdPage.url}} as output.

If your experience is that the URL might not work right away, in Cloud there is since very recently a 'Delay' option added, which would help avoid issues:

[Schuuudi]

Good morning and thank you so much for your reply! 

I am still testing it - so far without success with or without delay. . . 

@Abel A How can I imagine the result of this query? What should I see where, once it's successful?

[Abel A]

Hi @Schuuudi , 

In your automation audit log, it will say "Successfully published web request".

[Lisa Forstberg]

Hi @Schuuudi ,

Yep, it seems like the automation is still limited in this area. I would love to see some movement on the jira<>confluence automations as I have a similar need for Post Incident Reviews in my current assignment. 

Some workarounds have been suggested: 

• Creating a URL custom field in Jira and sticking the Page URL in this field instead of the standard linking behaviour - see here
• Sending a webrequest (not accepted answer though) - see here

best regards

/L

[Schuuudi]

Hi @Lisa Forstberg 

I appreciate the confirmation that there are obviously still gaps here - that doesn't make me feel quite so stupid ;-)

I have already read a few posts on this and will now follow up on your last tip.
Thank you :-)