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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http
Dim success As Boolean
Dim queryParams As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = queryParams.UpdateString("expand","<string>")
success = queryParams.UpdateString("expand","<string>")
// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
http.AuthToken = "<access_token>"
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.QuickRequestParams("GET","https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/:id/descendant",queryParams)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
Return
End If
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
Dim jResp As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = False
System.DebugLog("Response Body:")
System.DebugLog(jResp.Emit())
Dim respStatusCode As Int32
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
System.DebugLog("Response Status Code = " + Str(respStatusCode))
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
System.DebugLog(resp.Header)
System.DebugLog("Failed.")
Return
End If
// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
// {
// "_expandable": {
// "attachment": "in ut",
// "comment": "dolor",
// "page": "eu exercitation"
// },
// "_links": {},
// "attachment": {
// "results": [
// {
// "value": "<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>"
// },
// {
// "value": "<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>"
// }
// ],
// "start": -75729038,
// "limit": 34726306,
// "size": 18934279,
// "_links": {}
// },
// "comment": {
// "results": [
// {
// "value": "<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>"
// },
// {
// "value": "<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>"
// }
// ],
// "start": 37994470,
// "limit": 2587712,
// "size": -24049554,
// "_links": {}
// },
// "page": {
// "results": [
// {
// "value": "<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>"
// },
// {
// "value": "<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>"
// }
// ],
// "start": 66843073,
// "limit": 57682154,
// "size": -4004438,
// "_links": {}
// }
// }
// Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Dim value As String
Dim Attachment As String
Attachment = jResp.StringOf("_expandable.attachment")
Dim Comment As String
Comment = jResp.StringOf("_expandable.comment")
Dim Page As String
Page = jResp.StringOf("_expandable.page")
Dim Start As Int32
Start = jResp.IntOf("attachment.start")
Dim Limit As Int32
Limit = jResp.IntOf("attachment.limit")
Dim Size As Int32
Size = jResp.IntOf("attachment.size")
Dim commentStart As Int32
commentStart = jResp.IntOf("comment.start")
Dim commentLimit As Int32
commentLimit = jResp.IntOf("comment.limit")
Dim commentSize As Int32
commentSize = jResp.IntOf("comment.size")
Dim pageStart As Int32
pageStart = jResp.IntOf("page.start")
Dim pageLimit As Int32
pageLimit = jResp.IntOf("page.limit")
Dim pageSize As Int32
pageSize = jResp.IntOf("page.size")
Dim i As Int32
i = 0
Dim count_i As Int32
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("attachment.results")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
value = jResp.StringOf("attachment.results[i].value")
i = i + 1
Wend
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("comment.results")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
value = jResp.StringOf("comment.results[i].value")
i = i + 1
Wend
i = 0
count_i = jResp.SizeOfArray("page.results")
While i < count_i
jResp.I = i
value = jResp.StringOf("page.results[i].value")
i = i + 1
Wend
Curl Command
curl -G -d "expand=%3Cstring%3E"
-d "expand=%3Cstring%3E"
-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
https://your-domain.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/content/:id/descendant
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Get content descendants",
"request": {
"auth": {
"type": "oauth2"
},
"method": "GET",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/content/:id/descendant?expand=<string>&expand=<string>",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"content",
":id",
"descendant"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "expand",
"value": "<string>",
"description": "A multi-value parameter indicating which properties of the children to\nexpand, where:\n\n- `attachment` returns all attachments for the content.\n- `comments` returns all comments for the content.\n- `page` returns all child pages of the content."
},
{
"key": "expand",
"value": "<string>",
"description": "A multi-value parameter indicating which properties of the children to\nexpand, where:\n\n- `attachment` returns all attachments for the content.\n- `comments` returns all comments for the content.\n- `page` returns all child pages of the content."
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id",
"value": "<string>",
"type": "string",
"description": "(Required) The ID of the content to be queried for its descendants."
}
]
},
"description": "Returns a map of the descendants of a piece of content. This is similar\nto [Get content children](#api-content-id-child-get), except that this\nmethod returns child pages at all levels, rather than just the direct\nchild pages.\n\nA piece of content has different types of descendants, depending on its type:\n\n- `page`: descendant is `page`, `comment`, `attachment`\n- `blogpost`: descendant is `comment`, `attachment`\n- `attachment`: descendant is `comment`\n- `comment`: descendant is `attachment`\n\nThe map will always include all descendant types that are valid for the content.\nHowever, if the content has no instances of a descendant type, the map will\ncontain an empty array for that descendant type.\n\n**[Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/_AozKw) required**:\n'View' permission for the space, and permission to view the content if it\nis a page."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Returned if the requested descendants are returned.",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"description": {
"content": "Added as a part of security scheme: oauth2",
"type": "text/plain"
},
"key": "Authorization",
"value": "<token>"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/content/:id/descendant?expand=<string>&expand=<string>",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"content",
":id",
"descendant"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "expand",
"value": "<string>"
},
{
"key": "expand",
"value": "<string>"
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id"
}
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"_expandable\": {\n \"attachment\": \"in ut\",\n \"comment\": \"dolor\",\n \"page\": \"eu exercitation\"\n },\n \"_links\": {},\n \"attachment\": {\n \"results\": [\n {\n \"value\": \"<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>\"\n },\n {\n \"value\": \"<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>\"\n }\n ],\n \"start\": -75729038,\n \"limit\": 34726306,\n \"size\": 18934279,\n \"_links\": {}\n },\n \"comment\": {\n \"results\": [\n {\n \"value\": \"<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>\"\n },\n {\n \"value\": \"<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>\"\n }\n ],\n \"start\": 37994470,\n \"limit\": 2587712,\n \"size\": -24049554,\n \"_links\": {}\n },\n \"page\": {\n \"results\": [\n {\n \"value\": \"<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>\"\n },\n {\n \"value\": \"<Circular reference to #/components/schemas/Content detected>\"\n }\n ],\n \"start\": 66843073,\n \"limit\": 57682154,\n \"size\": -4004438,\n \"_links\": {}\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "Returned if;\n\n- There is no content with the given ID.\n- The calling user does not have permission to view the content.",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "GET",
"header": [
{
"description": {
"content": "Added as a part of security scheme: oauth2",
"type": "text/plain"
},
"key": "Authorization",
"value": "<token>"
}
],
"url": {
"raw": "{{baseUrl}}/api/content/:id/descendant?expand=<string>&expand=<string>",
"host": [
"{{baseUrl}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"content",
":id",
"descendant"
],
"query": [
{
"key": "expand",
"value": "<string>"
},
{
"key": "expand",
"value": "<string>"
}
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id"
}
]
}
},
"status": "Not Found",
"code": 404,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "text",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "text/plain"
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": ""
}
]
}
