Atlassian Content - Children and Descendants API

The Content - Children and Descendants API from Atlassian — 7 operation(s) for content - children and descendants.

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Operations 7

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/child Get a page's direct children by type (legacy) · Atlassian Get Content Children #

Ask an LLM

“What sits directly under a Confluence page: child pages, comments and attachments?”

“Can I get a map of a page's immediate children of every type at once?”

Tell an agent

Get the direct children of content {id}, grouped by type.

Show the immediate child pages and comments of {id} with {expand} expanded.

PUT /wiki/rest/api/content/{pageId}/move/{position}/{targetId} Move a Confluence page relative to another page · Atlassian Move A Page To A New Location Relative To A Target Page #

Ask an LLM

“How do I move a Confluence page under a different parent page?”

“Can I reorder a page so it sits before or after a sibling?”

Tell an agent

Move page {pageId} {position} page {targetId}.

Make page {pageId} a child of {targetId} using position {position}.

GET /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/child/{type} List a page's direct children of one type · Atlassian Get Content Children By Type #

Ask an LLM

“Which pages are immediate children of a given Confluence page?”

“Can I list only the attachments directly on a page, with paging?”

Tell an agent

List the direct {type} children of content {id}.

Get {limit} immediate {type} children of page {id}.

GET /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/descendant Get all descendants of a page, every level · Atlassian Get Content Descendants #

Ask an LLM

“How do I get every page nested anywhere below a Confluence page, not just direct children?”

“Can I see all descendant comments and attachments under a page tree?”

Tell an agent

Get all descendants of content {id} at every level.

Show the full nested tree below page {id} with {expand} expanded.

GET /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/descendant/{type} List descendants of one type under a page · Atlassian Get Content Descendants By Type #

Ask an LLM

“Can I list every nested child page under a page down to all levels?”

“Is there a depth option when listing descendant pages of one type?”

Tell an agent

List all {type} descendants of content {id}.

Get {type} descendants of page {id} with depth {depth}.

POST /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/pagehierarchy/copy Copy a page and its whole subtree · Atlassian Copy Page Hierarchy #

Ask an LLM

“How do I duplicate a Confluence page together with all its child pages?”

“Can I copy a page tree including attachments, labels and permissions?”

Tell an agent

Copy the page hierarchy under {id} to parent page {destinationPageId}.

Copy page {id} and its descendants to {destinationPageId}, copying attachments: {copyAttachments}.

POST /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/copy Copy a single Confluence page · Atlassian Copy Single Page #

Ask an LLM

“How do I make a copy of just one Confluence page without its children?”

“Can I give the copied page a new title when duplicating it?”

Tell an agent

Copy page {id} to {destination}.

Duplicate the single page {id} to {destination} titled {pageTitle}.

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