Creating Section and Columns using Jira MarkupBuilder with Structured Macro

[Shereen]

I am new in Jira and I am creating a post-function that will create a Confluence Page.

I want to write the storage format using an XML builder and I have the following code.

// write storage format using an XML builder
def writer = new StringWriter()
def xml = new MarkupBuilder(writer)

xml.'ac:structured-macro'('ac:name': "section") {
    'ac:parameter'('ac:name': "border","true") 
    'ac:parameter'('ac:name': "width","100") 
        xml.p("This is a Section") 

        xml.'ac:structured-macro'('ac:name': "column") {
            'ac:parameter'('ac:name': "border","true") 
             xml.p("This is a Column") 
        }
}

// print the storage that will be the content of the page
log.debug(writer.toString())

My goal is to create a section with a column using a structured macro but it is not working as expected as it only creates the Section part.

[Peter-Dave Sheehan · Accepted solution]

I think you are missing the body containers.

Try it like this:

import groovy.xml.MarkupBuilder
def writer = new StringWriter()
def xml = new MarkupBuilder(writer)

xml.'ac:structured-macro'('ac:name': "section") {
   'ac:parameter'('ac:name': "border","true")
   'ac:rich-text-body'{
      xml.p("This is a Section") 
      xml.'ac:structured-macro'('ac:name': "column") {
        'ac:parameter'('ac:name': "width","100") 
        'ac:rich-text-body'{ 
           xml.p("This is a Column") 
        }
     }
  }
}
log.info writer.toString()

If you don't already, I'd recommend getting https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor?_ga=2.251717833.1701738042.1579542961-924046337.1569864105

This way to can output your xml, and paste it directly in a page to test it.

Or edit a page and see the resulting xml immediately (and edit it if necessary)

[Shereen]

Thank you so much! It is now working as expected.