STEP 1
Select Confluence in workflow
Pick Confluence app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
Confluence Integration
Connect Confluence Cloud spaces, pages, and attachments to your workflows. Sync Confluence tasks, statuses, and assignees with chat, CRM, and documentation tools. When Download Attachment Thumbnail fires, automatically continue with Get Ancestors of Database or Get Ancestors of Folder.
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Supported triggers and actions for Confluence integration
Triggers can detect changes in Confluence and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside Confluence automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Download Attachment ThumbnailDownloads the thumbnail of the attachment.
- Get Ancestors of DatabaseRetrieves the ancestors of the database.
- Get Ancestors of FolderRetrieves the ancestors of the folder.
- Get Ancestors of PageRetrieves the ancestors of the page.
- Get Ancestors of Smart LinkRetrieves the ancestors of the Smart Link.
- Get Ancestors of WhiteboardRetrieves the ancestors of the whiteboard.
- Get Attachment by IDRetrieves the attachment by ID.
- Get Attachment CommentsRetrieves the footer comments on the attachment.
- Get Attachment PropertiesRetrieves the content properties on the attachment.
- Get Attachment Property by IDRetrieves the content property on the attachment by ID.
- Get Attachment Version by NumberRetrieves a specific version of the attachment by its version number.
- Get Attachment VersionsGets the version history of the attachment.
- Get AttachmentsRetrieves the list of attachments.
- Get Attachments for Blog PostRetrieves the attachments on the blog post.
- Get Attachments for Custom ContentRetrieves the attachments on the custom content item.
- Get Attachments for LabelRetrieves the attachments tagged with the label.
- Get Attachments for PageRetrieves the attachments on the page.
- Get Available Space PermissionsRetrieves the list of available space permissions.
- Get Available Space RolesRetrieves the list of available space roles.
- Get Blog Post by IDGets a blog post by its ID.
How to integrate Confluence in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your Confluence connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect Confluence
When prompted, authorize access to Confluence in WEXTL once. Confluence credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
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STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with Confluence yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect Confluence to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
Confluence
How Confluence connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever Confluence app is called in workflows. That allows your project management automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that Confluence supports.
The following table illustrates what fields Confluence integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Connect Confluence
Site Host*Text
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Client ID*Text
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Demonstration of Confluence connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
|---|---|---|
Site HostRequired | text | Your Atlassian Cloud site host, e.g. acme.atlassian.net (no protocol, no /wiki). |
| Client ID | text | OAuth app Client ID. Leave blank to use the shared app credential. |
| Client Secret | password | OAuth app Client Secret. Leave blank to use the shared app credential. |
Connect Confluence to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with Confluence below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with Confluence. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with Confluence integration
Select Download Attachment Thumbnail action from Confluence - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in Confluence, workflow will start [7] from Download Attachment Thumbnail node.
Search for Create Attachment Property, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Download Attachment Thumbnail and Create Attachment Property, so only important data pass from Download Attachment Thumbnail to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of Confluence automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
Confluence on WEXTL has 139 modules for building project management automations. Explore Confluence documentation for more.
Confluence
Download Attachment Thumbnail
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Triggers
Confluence
Create Attachment Property
Demonstration of how visual Confluence automation [6] looks in WEXTL.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating Confluence in your workflows.
Confluence has no triggers, but it provides 139 actions including "Download Attachment Thumbnail", "Get Ancestors of Database", and "Get Ancestors of Folder". Pair them with triggers from other apps to automate Confluence tasks.
Integration has 139 actions, including "Download Attachment Thumbnail", "Get Ancestors of Database", and "Get Ancestors of Folder", and more. Refer to our Confluence Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The Confluence integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by Confluence official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where Confluence provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever Confluence or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for Confluence inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with Confluence modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the Confluence integration.
- Confluence integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal Confluence integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official Confluence vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® Confluence App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation