Last updated Apr 19, 2024

REST API examples

This page contains examples of using the Confluence Content REST API using `curl` with [basic authentication](/cloud/confluence/basic-auth-for-rest-apis/). The responses are piped into `python -mjson.tool` ([JSON encoder / decoder](https://docs.python.org/2.6/library/json.html)) to make them easier to read.

Because the REST API is based on open standards, you can use any web development language to access the API.

Please refer to the API token page to generate one for the examples below.

Finding content

Find blog posts

This example finds blog posts to display in a blog roll with labels.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X GET "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content?type=blogpost&start=0&limit=10&expand=space,history,body.view,metadata.labels" | python -mjson.tool

Example result:

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{
    "_links": {
        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content"
    },
    "limit": 10,
    "results": [
        {
            "_expandable": {
                "ancestors": "",
                "children": "/rest/api/content/557065/child",
                "container": "",
                "descendants": "/rest/api/content/557065/descendant",
                "version": ""
            },
            "_links": {
                "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/557065",
                "tinyui": "/x/CYAI",
                "webui": "/display/TST/Test+Space+Home"
            },
            "body": {
                "editor": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557065"
                    },
                    "representation": "editor"
                },
                "export_view": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557065"
                    },
                    "representation": "export_view"
                },
                "storage": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557065"
                    },
                    "representation": "storage"
                },
                "view": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557065"
                    },
                    "representation": "view",
                    "value": "<p>Example page</p>"
                }
            },
            "history": {
                "_expandable": {
                    "lastUpdated": ""
                },
                "_links": {
                    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/557065/history"
                },
                "createdBy": {
                    "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
                    "profilePicture": {
                        "height": 48,
                        "isDefault": true,
                        "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                        "width": 48
                    },
                    "type": "known",
                    "username": "admin"
                },
                "createdDate": "2014-03-07T16:14:35.220+1100",
                "latest": true
            },
            "id": "557065",
            "metadata": {
                "labels": {
                    "_links": {
                        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/557065/label"
                    },
                    "limit": 200,
                    "results": [],
                    "size": 0,
                    "start": 0
                },
                "likesCount": null
            },
            "space": {
                "_links": {
                    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/TST"
                },
                "id": 786433,
                "key": "TST",
                "name": "Test Space"
            },
            "title": "Test Space Home",
            "type": "page"
        },
        {
            "_expandable": {
                "ancestors": "",
                "children": "/rest/api/content/557067/child",
                "container": "",
                "descendants": "/rest/api/content/557067/descendant",
                "version": ""
            },
            "_links": {
                "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/557067",
                "tinyui": "/x/C4AI",
                "webui": "/display/TST/A+new+page"
            },
            "body": {
                "editor": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557067"
                    },
                    "representation": "editor"
                },
                "export_view": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557067"
                    },
                    "representation": "export_view"
                },
                "storage": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557067"
                    },
                    "representation": "storage"
                },
                "view": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/557067"
                    },
                    "representation": "view",
                    "value": ""
                }
            },
            "history": {
                "_expandable": {
                    "lastUpdated": ""
                },
                "_links": {
                    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/557067/history"
                },
                "createdBy": {
                    "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
                    "profilePicture": {
                        "height": 48,
                        "isDefault": true,
                        "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                        "width": 48
                    },
                    "type": "known",
                    "username": "admin"
                },
                "createdDate": "2014-03-07T16:18:33.554+1100",
                "latest": true
            },
            "id": "557067",
            "metadata": {
                "labels": {
                    "_links": {
                        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/557067/label"
                    },
                    "limit": 200,
                    "results": [],
                    "size": 0,
                    "start": 0
                },
                "likesCount": null
            },
            "space": {
                "_links": {
                    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/TST"
                },
                "id": 786433,
                "key": "TST",
                "name": "Test Space"
            },
            "title": "A new page",
            "type": "page"
        },
        {
            "_expandable": {
                "ancestors": "",
                "children": "/rest/api/content/950276/child",
                "container": "",
                "descendants": "/rest/api/content/950276/descendant",
                "version": ""
            },
            "_links": {
                "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/950276",
                "tinyui": "/x/BIAO",
                "webui": "/display/TST/myPage+Title"
            },
            "body": {
                "editor": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/950276"
                    },
                    "representation": "editor"
                },
                "export_view": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/950276"
                    },
                    "representation": "export_view"
                },
                "storage": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/950276"
                    },
                    "representation": "storage"
                },
                "view": {
                    "_expandable": {
                        "content": "/rest/api/content/950276"
                    },
                    "representation": "view",
                    "value": "<p>Some content</p>"
                }
            },
            "history": {
                "_expandable": {
                    "lastUpdated": ""
                },
                "_links": {
                    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/950276/history"
                },
                "createdBy": {
                    "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
                    "profilePicture": {
                        "height": 48,
                        "isDefault": true,
                        "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                        "width": 48
                    },
                    "type": "known",
                    "username": "admin"
                },
                "createdDate": "2014-03-07T17:08:20.326+1100",
                "latest": true
            },
            "id": "950276",
            "metadata": {
                "labels": {
                    "_links": {
                        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/950276/label"
                    },
                    "limit": 200,
                    "results": [],
                    "size": 0,
                    "start": 0
                },
                "likesCount": null
            },
            "space": {
                "_links": {
                    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/TST"
                },
                "id": 786433,
                "key": "TST",
                "name": "Test Space"
            },
            "title": "myPage Title",
            "type": "page"
        }
    ],
    "size": 3,
    "start": 0
}

Browse content

This example shows how you can browse content.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/ | python -mjson.tool

Example result:

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{
    "_links": {
        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/"
    },
    "limit": 100,
    "results": [
        {
            "_expandable": {
                "ancestors": "",
                "body": "",
                "children": "",
                "container": "",
                "history": "/rest/api/content/3965071/history",
                "metadata": "",
                "space": "/rest/api/space/TST",
                "version": ""
            },
            "_links": {
                "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3965071",
                "tinyui": "/x/j4A8",
                "webui": "/display/TST/Test+Space+Home"
            },
            "id": "3965071",
            "title": "Test Space Home",
            "type": "page"
        },
        {
            "_expandable": {
                "ancestors": "",
                "body": "",
                "children": "",
                "container": "",
                "history": "/rest/api/content/3965072/history",
                "metadata": "",
                "space": "/rest/api/space/TST",
                "version": ""
            },
            "_links": {
                "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3965072",
                "tinyui": "/x/kIA8",
                "webui": "/display/TST/Test+Page"
            },
            "id": "3965072",
            "title": "Test Page",
            "type": "page"
        }
    ],
    "size": 2,
    "start": 0
}

Read content, and expand the body

This example shows how you can read the content of a page with the body expanded.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3965072?expand=body.storage | python -mjson.tool

Example result:

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{
    "_expandable": {
        "ancestors": "",
        "children": "",
        "container": "",
        "history": "/rest/api/content/3965072/history",
        "metadata": "",
        "space": "/rest/api/space/TST",
        "version": ""
    },
    "_links": {
        "base": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki",
        "collection": "/rest/api/contents",
        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3965072",
        "tinyui": "/x/kIA8",
        "webui": "/display/TST/Test+Page"
    },
    "body": {
        "editor": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3965072"
            },
            "representation": "editor"
        },
        "export_view": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3965072"
            },
            "representation": "export_view"
        },
        "storage": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3965072"
            },
            "representation": "storage",
            "value": "<p>blah blah</p>"
        },
        "view": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3965072"
            },
            "representation": "view"
        }
    },
    "id": "3965072",
    "title": "Test Page",
    "type": "page"
}

Find a page by title and space key

This example shows how you can look up a page by space key and title with history expanded to find the creator.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X GET "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content?title=myPage%20Title&spaceKey=TST&expand=history" | python -mjson.tool

Example result :

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{
    "_links": {
        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content"
    },
    "limit": 100,
    "results": [
        {
            "_expandable": {
                "ancestors": "",
                "body": "",
                "children": "/rest/api/content/950276/child",
                "container": "",
                "descendants": "/rest/api/content/950276/descendant",
                "metadata": "",
                "space": "/rest/api/space/TST",
                "version": ""
            },
            "_links": {
                "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/950276",
                "tinyui": "/x/BIAO",
                "webui": "/display/TST/myPage+Title"
            },
            "history": {
                "_expandable": {
                    "lastUpdated": ""
                },
                "_links": {
                    "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/950276/history"
                },
                "createdBy": {
                    "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
                    "profilePicture": {
                        "height": 48,
                        "isDefault": true,
                        "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                        "width": 48
                    },
                    "type": "known",
                    "username": "admin"
                },
                "createdDate": "2014-03-07T17:08:20.326+1100",
                "latest": true
            },
            "id": "950276",
            "title": "myPage Title",
            "type": "page"
        }
    ],
    "size": 1,
    "start": 0
}

Manipulating content

Create a new page

This example shows how you can create a new page, with body content, in a specific space.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"type":"page","title":"new page","space":{"key":"TST"},"body":{"storage":{"value":"<p>This is a new page</p>","representation":"storage"}}}' https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/ | python -mjson.tool

Example result:

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{
    "_expandable": {
        "children": "/rest/api/content/3604482/child",
        "descendants": "/rest/api/content/3604482/descendant",
        "metadata": ""
    },
    "_links": {
        "base": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki",
        "collection": "/rest/api/contents",
        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482",
        "tinyui": "/x/AgA3",
        "webui": "/display/TST/new+page"
    },
    "ancestors": [],
    "body": {
        "editor": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "editor"
        },
        "export_view": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "export_view"
        },
        "storage": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "storage",
            "value": "<p>This is a new page</p>"
        },
        "view": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "view"
        }
    },
    "container": {
        "_links": {
            "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/TST"
        },
        "id": 2719747,
        "key": "TST",
        "name": "Test Space"
    },
    "history": {
        "_expandable": {
            "lastUpdated": ""
        },
        "_links": {
            "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482/history"
        },
        "createdBy": {
            "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
            "profilePicture": {
                "height": 48,
                "isDefault": true,
                "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                "width": 48
            },
            "type": "known",
            "username": "admin"
        },
        "createdDate": "2014-03-10T23:14:35.031+1100",
        "latest": true
    },
    "id": "3604482",
    "space": {
        "_links": {
            "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/TST"
        },
        "id": 2719747,
        "key": "TST",
        "name": "Test Space"
    },
    "title": "new page",
    "type": "page",
    "version": {
        "by": {
            "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
            "profilePicture": {
                "height": 48,
                "isDefault": true,
                "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                "width": 48
            },
            "type": "known",
            "username": "admin"
        },
        "message": "",
        "minorEdit": false,
        "number": 1,
        "when": "2014-03-10T23:14:35.031+1100"
    }
}

Create a new page (jQuery)

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// This creates a page in a space.
var username = "admin";
var apiToken = "235hsdsd8kdssd80";
var jsondata = {"type":"page",
 "title":"My Test Page",
 "space":{"key":"TST"},
 "body":{"storage":{"value":"<p>This is a new page</p>","representation":"storage"}}};
  
$.ajax
  ({
    type: "POST",
    url: "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/",
    contentType:"application/json; charset=utf-8",
    dataType: "json",
    async: false,
    headers: {
        "Authorization": "Basic " + btoa(username+ ":" + apiToken)
    }, 
    data: JSON.stringify(jsondata),
    success: function (){
        console.log('Page saved!'); 
    },
    error : function(xhr, errorText){
        console.log('Error '+ xhr.responseText);
    }
});

Create a new page as a child of another page

This example shows how you can create a new page, with body content, as a child of another page with ID 456. Note the ancestors property where we specify the parent page's id.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"type":"page","title":"new page", "ancestors":[{"id":456}], "space":{"key":"TST"},"body":{"storage":{"value":"<p>This is a new page</p>","representation":"storage"}}}' https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/ | python -mjson.tool

Update a page

This example shows how you can update the content of an existing page. 

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"id":"3604482","type":"page","title":"new page","space":{"key":"TST"},"body":{"storage":{"value":"<p>This is the updated text for the new page</p>","representation":"storage"}},"version":{"number":2}}' https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482 | python -mjson.tool

Example result:

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{
    "_expandable": {
        "children": "/rest/api/content/3604482/child",
        "descendants": "/rest/api/content/3604482/descendant",
        "metadata": ""
    },
    "_links": {
        "base": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki",
        "collection": "/rest/api/contents",
        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482",
        "tinyui": "/x/AgA3",
        "webui": "/display/TST/new+page"
    },
    "ancestors": [],
    "body": {
        "editor": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "editor"
        },
        "export_view": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "export_view"
        },
        "storage": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "storage",
            "value": "<p>This is the updated text for the new page</p>"
        },
        "view": {
            "_expandable": {
                "content": "/rest/api/content/3604482"
            },
            "representation": "view"
        }
    },
    "container": {
        "_links": {
            "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/TST"
        },
        "id": 2719747,
        "key": "TST",
        "name": "Test Space"
    },
    "history": {
        "_expandable": {
            "lastUpdated": "",
            "previousVersion": ""
        },
        "_links": {
            "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482/history"
        },
        "createdBy": {
            "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
            "profilePicture": {
                "height": 48,
                "isDefault": true,
                "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                "width": 48
            },
            "type": "known",
            "username": "admin"
        },
        "createdDate": "2014-03-10T23:14:35.031+1100",
        "latest": true
    },
    "id": "3604482",
    "space": {
        "_links": {
            "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/TST"
        },
        "id": 2719747,
        "key": "TST",
        "name": "Test Space"
    },
    "title": "new page",
    "type": "page",
    "version": {
        "by": {
            "displayName": "A. D. Ministrator",
            "profilePicture": {
                "height": 48,
                "isDefault": true,
                "path": "/confluence/s/en_GB-1988229788/4960/NOCACHE1/_/images/icons/profilepics/default.png",
                "width": 48
            },
            "type": "known",
            "username": "admin"
        },
        "minorEdit": false,
        "number": 2,
        "when": "2014-03-10T23:16:50.757+1100"
    }
}

Delete a page

This example shows how you can delete a page by content ID.

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curl -v -S -u admin@example.com:api_token -X DELETE https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482 | python -mjson.tool

Expect a HTTP/1.1 204 No Content response after a successful deletion.

Upload an attachment

This example shows how you can upload an attachment to a specific page (where 3604482 is the content ID), and specify a comment.

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curl -v -S -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H "X-Atlassian-Token: no-check" -F "file=@myfile.txt" -F "comment=this is my file" "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3604482/child/attachment" | python -mjson.tool

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{
    "_expandable": {
        "icon": ""
    },
    "_links": {
        "base": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki",
        "collection": "/rest/api/space",
        "context": "/confluence",
        "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space/RAID4"
    },
    "description": {
        "_expandable": {
            "view": ""
        },
        "plain": {
            "representation": "plain",
            "value": "Raider Space for raiders"
        }
    },
    "homepage": {
        "_expandable": {
            "ancestors": "",
            "body": "",
            "children": "/rest/api/content/3997704/child",
            "container": "",
            "descendants": "/rest/api/content/3997704/descendant",
            "history": "/rest/api/content/3997704/history",
            "metadata": "",
            "space": "/rest/api/space/RAID4",
            "version": ""
        },
        "_links": {
            "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/3997704",
            "tinyui": "/x/CAA9",
            "webui": "/display/RAID4/Raider+Home"
        },
        "id": "3997704",
        "title": "Raider Home",
        "type": "page"
    },
    "id": 4030468,
    "key": "RAID",
    "name": "Raider",
    "type": "global"
}

Add a comment to a page (python)

This python example shows how to add a comment to a page. The page to be commented on is first fetched from the API by title, then used as the container of the comment.

comment.py

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import requests, json
def printResponse(r):
    print '{} {}\n'.format(json.dumps(r.json(), sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': ')), r)
r = requests.get('https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content',
    params={'title' : 'Page title to comment on'},
    auth=('admin', 'admin'))
printResponse(r)
parentPage = r.json()['results'][0]
pageData = {'type':'comment', 'container':parentPage,
    'body':{'storage':{'value':"<p>A new comment</p>",'representation':'storage'}}}
r = requests.post('https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content',
    data=json.dumps(pageData),
    auth=('admin','admin'),
    headers=({'Content-Type':'application/json'}))
printResponse(r)

Create a space

This example demonstrates creating a new space. The call declares the space key, name, type (global or personal), and description.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' { "key":"RAID", "name":"Raider", "type":"global",  "description":{"plain": { "value": "Raider Space for raiders","representation": "plain" }}}' https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/space

Content conversion

Convert storage format to view format

This example shows how to convert storage format to view format.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"value":"<ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"cheese\" />","representation":"storage"}' "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/contentbody/convert/view" | python -mjson.tool

Example result:

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{
    "_links": {
        "base": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki"
    },
    "representation": "view",
    "value": "I like cheese!"
}

Convert wiki markup to storage format

This example shows how to convert wiki markup to storage format.

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"value":"{cheese}","representation":"wiki"}' "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/contentbody/convert/storage" | python -mjson.tool

Example result:

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{
    "_links": {
        "base": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki"
    },
    "representation": "storage",
    "value": "<ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"cheese\" />"
}

Convert storage format to view format using a particular page for the conversion context

This example shows how to convert storage format to view format again, but this time using an existing piece of content for the conversion context.  Some macros require a page context when they execute. In this example the space attachments macro is used, and this uses the space that the page is in to determine what attachments to show :

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curl -u admin@example.com:api_token -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"representation":"storage","value":"<p><ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"space-attachments\"/></p>","content":{"id":"1448805348"}}' "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/contentbody/convert/view" | python -mjson.tool

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