confluence.rb

Helper script to access Atlassian Confluence. Currently you can

• create and update pages
• read page information (version, labels, space key, ...)
• search for users

Installation

You need the ruby scripting language on your system. On Linux and Mac it usually already is available. On Windows you can use the

http://rubyinstaller.org

Maybe you need additional modules, also called "gems", e.g. the rest-client. In ruby you can install these with

gem install rest-client

Usage

Usage: confluence.rb [options]
    -c, --create_page PARENT_URL     Create page. 
    -d, --get_details PAGE_URL       Get page details (ID and space)
    -f, --content_file FILENAME      Content to upload
    -p, --page_count PAGENAME        Count pages in space
    -s, --search_user USERNAME       Search user
    -t, --page_title TITLE           Page title for new or updated pages
    -u, --update_page PAGE_URL       Update page, set also title (-t) and content (-f)
    -v, --verbose                    Run verbosely
    -h, --help                       Prints this help

The script reads $HOME/.mylogin as configuration file. This file contains credentials and base URL of your Confluence instance.

An example is provided in

mylogin-example