Have a shell script run on form submit on Confluence

[Kruttika Swaminathan]

I was wondering if there is a way to have a form on Confluence, which on submit would run a shell script in the background and also send an email to us.

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

Best option is to create your own plugin for this specific need (shell script exec).

But if you can wrap your shell script into a callable web service or something like that then you can use our plugin for building forms - ConfiForms

You can set it up to send emails, call webservices, create Jira issues and a lot more. We dont have support for running shell scripts (on the Confluence server) as it might easily lead to security breaches.

[Kruttika Swaminathan]

Thank you for your prompt response and that suggestion! We are strongly considering using ConfiForms. I wasn't able to find an array of options available after form submit - could you point me to the right documentation?

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

Not sure I totally understand your question, but probably it is related to the actions you can perform on form submission...

Here is the list

https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Configuring+ConfiForms+IFTTT+actions

For example, this tutorial shows you how to send an email  with ConfiForms app from Confluence - https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Creating+embedded+form+with+ConfiForms+to+send+emails+directly+from+Confluence

[Kruttika Swaminathan]

Thank you! I have another question though - not sure if i should create a separate issue for this - but I did get ConfiForms and created a form, but once i publish the page, I don't really see the form as such. Could you help me out? I need to be able to share this form with anonymous users (for them to be able to fill them out, and not see the data filled out). This is what i see:

[Alex Medved _ConfiForms_]

Click on "Create Request" button to see the form... is this what you are asking? Open request ticket with us to get help/support