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Confluence Content - children and descendants API

The Content - children and descendants API from Confluence — 5 operation(s) for content - children and descendants.

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Operations 5

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

PUT /wiki/rest/api/content/{pageId}/move/{position}/{targetId} Move a page in the page tree · Move a page to a new location relative to a target page #
Ask an LLM
“How do I move a page under a different parent?”
“Can I reorder a page so it sits before another page?”
Tell an agent
Move page {pageId} {position} page {targetId}.
Make page {pageId} a child of page {targetId} using position {position}.
GET /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/descendant Get all descendants of content · Get content descendants #
Ask an LLM
“What's everything nested under a page at every level?”
“Can I see a page's whole subtree, not just its direct children?”
Tell an agent
Get all descendants of content {id}.
Show every nested item under page {id}.
GET /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/descendant/{type} List descendants of a given type · Get content descendants by type #
Ask an LLM
“Which comments or attachments exist anywhere below a page?”
“Can I list only descendant pages of one type, at every depth?”
Tell an agent
List all {type} descendants of content {id}.
Show {type} items under page {id} to depth {depth}.
POST /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/pagehierarchy/copy Copy a page and all its descendants · Copy page hierarchy #
Ask an LLM
“How do I duplicate a whole page tree under a new parent?”
“Can I copy a page hierarchy including attachments and permissions?”
Tell an agent
Copy the page hierarchy under page {id} to new parent {destinationPageId}.
Duplicate page {id} and all its descendants beneath page {destinationPageId}, copying attachments too.
POST /wiki/rest/api/content/{id}/copy Copy a single page · Copy single page #
Ask an LLM
“How do I copy just one page, without its children?”
“Can I give the copied page a new title?”
Tell an agent
Copy page {id} to {destination}.
Make a single copy of page {id} at {destination} titled {pageTitle}.

Documentation

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APIReference
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v2/intro/
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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v2/intro/
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Authentication
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/security-overview/
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GettingStarted
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/getting-started/
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APIReference
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v1/intro/
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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v1/intro/
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Authentication
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/basic-auth-for-rest-apis/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/confluence/refs/heads/main/openapi/confluence-content-children-and-descendants-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Postman
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/confcloud.2.postman.json
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PostmanCollection
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/confluence/refs/heads/main/collections/confluence-confcloud-v2.postman_collection.json

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OpenAPI Specification

confluence-content-children-and-descendants-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Confluence Cloud REST Content - children and descendants API
  description: This document describes the REST API and resources provided by Confluence.
  termsOfService: https://atlassian.com/terms/
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: //your-domain.atlassian.net
tags:


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