Is it possible to display dynamically updated pictures or PDFs in confluence?

[Eckhard Lanzinger]

Is there a way to display graphs that are automatically updated by some other system, e.g. by a cron job on a daily basis, on a confluence page?

Right now, I can only upload the new version manually and it would be great if this could be automated or loading the updated document could be performed on demand by clicking on a link or so...   

[Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Accepted solution]

So far, did you rely on uploading a new attachment to a Confluence Cloud page?

If so, you can replicate that behavior using the REST API end-point that allows uploading attachments programmatically. (Tip: you can also integrate this into Confluence automation rules if that fits your case.)

[Eckhard Lanzinger]

Thank you for your answer and for the valuable link! With this information, I can get support within my organization :-)

To answer your question: yes, I uploaded every updated attachment manually...

[Marc - Devoteam · Accepted solution]

HI @Eckhard Lanzinger 

Welcome to the community.

This should be possible, by using the API.

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/rest/v2/api-group-custom-content/#api-custom-content-id-put 

You would 1st need to get the content ID of the picture or file or set a content property id as a starts.

[Eckhard Lanzinger]

Thank you for your answer! Could you please give me a hint, where I can find the content ID of an attachment? 

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Eckhard Lanzinger 

You can update the attachment via an API call, api-wiki-rest-api-content-id-child-attachment-put 

But 1st you need the ID of the attachment to do so, to get the ID of the attachment, use the API call api-pages-id-attachments-get 

[Eckhard Lanzinger]

Big thanks to everyone! Problem is solved :-)

With this mechanism I can feed a confluence page that shows automatically daily updated plots with results of an automatic process. 

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Eckhard Lanzinger 

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