Integrate Confluence with External Services using SnapLogic

SnapLogic is an integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) that allows users to create data integration flows with no code. When paired with the CData JDBC Drivers, users get access to live data from more than 250+ SaaS, Big Data and NoSQL sources, including Confluence, in their SnapLogic workflows.

With built-in optimized data processing, the CData JDBC Driver offers unmatched performance for interacting with live Confluence data. When platforms issue complex SQL queries to Confluence, the driver pushes supported SQL operations, like filters and aggregations, directly to Confluence and utilizes the embedded SQL engine to process unsupported operations client-side (often SQL functions and JOIN operations). Its built-in dynamic metadata querying lets you work with Confluence data using native data types.

Connect to Confluence in SnapLogic

To connect to Confluence data in SnapLogic, download and install the CData Confluence JDBC Driver. Follow the installation dialog. When the installation is complete, the JAR file can be found in the installation directory (C:/Program Files/CData/CData JDBC Driver for Confluence/lib by default).

Upload the Confluence JDBC Driver

After installation, upload the JDBC JAR file to a location in SnapLogic (for example, projects/Jerod Johnson) from the Manager tab.

Configure the Connection

Once the JDBC Driver is uploaded, we can create the connection to Confluence.

1. Navigate to the Designer tab
2. Expand "JDBC" from Snaps and drag a "Generic JDBC - Select" snap onto the designer
3. Click Add Account (or select an existing one) and click "Continue"
4. In the next form, configure the JDBC connection properties:
   • Under JDBC JARs, add the JAR file we previously uploaded
   • Set JDBC Driver Class to cdata.jdbc.confluence.ConfluenceDriver

   • Set JDBC URL to a JDBC connection string for the Confluence JDBC Driver, for example:

     jdbc:confluence:User=admin;APIToken=myApiToken;Url=https://yoursitename.atlassian.net;Timezone=America/New_York;RTK=XXXXXX;

     NOTE: RTK is a trial or full key. Contact our Support team for more information.

     Built-In Connection String Designer

     For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Confluence JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

     java -jar cdata.jdbc.confluence.jar

     Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

     Obtaining an API Token

     An API token is necessary for account authentication. To generate one, login to your Atlassian account and navigate to API tokens > Create API token. The generated token will be displayed.

     Connect Using a Confluence Cloud Account

     To connect to a Cloud account, provide the following (Note: Password has been deprecated for connecting to a Cloud Account and is now used only to connect to a Server Instance.):

     • User: The user which will be used to authenticate with the Confluence server.
     • APIToken: The API Token associated with the currently authenticated user.
     • Url: The URL associated with your JIRA endpoint. For example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.

     Connect Using a Confluence Server Instance

     To connect to a Server instance, provide the following:

     • User: The user which will be used to authenticate with the Confluence instance.
     • Password: The password which will be used to authenticate with the Confluence server.
     • Url: The URL associated with your JIRA endpoint. For example, https://yoursitename.atlassian.net.
5. After entering the connection properties, click "Validate" and "Apply"

Read Confluence Data

In the form that opens after validating and applying the connection, configure your query.

• Set Schema name to "Confluence"
• Set Table name to a table for Confluence using the schema name, for example: "Confluence"."Pages" (use the drop-down to see the full list of available tables)
• Add Output fields for each item you wish to work with from the table

Save the Generic JDBC - Select snap.

With connection and query configured, click the end of the snap to preview the data (highlighted below).

Once you confirm the results are what you expect, you can add additional snaps to funnel your Confluence data to another endpoint.

Piping Confluence Data to External Services

For this article, we will load data in a Google Spreadsheet. You can use any of the supported snaps, or even use a Generic JDBC snap with another CData JDBC Driver, to move data into an external service.

1. Start by dropping a "Worksheet Writer" snap onto the end of the "Generic JDBC - Select" snap.
2. Add an account to connect to Google Sheets
3. Configure the Worksheet Writer snap to write your Confluence data to a Google Spreadsheet

You can now execute the fully configured pipeline to extract data from Confluence and push it into a Google Spreadsheet.

More Information & Free Trial

Using the CData JDBC Driver for Confluence you can create a pipeline in SnapLogic for integrating Confluence data with external services. For more information about connecting to Confluence, check at our CData JDBC Driver for Confluence page. Download a free, 30 day trial of the CData JDBC Driver for Confluence and get started today.