confluence_page_updater.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Reads from standard input, dumps it onto a Confluence page
# You'll need to modify the URL/username/password/spacekey/page title
# below, because I'm too lazy to bother with argv.
import sys
import ssl
from xmlrpclib import Server

def update_page(username, pw):
    # Read the text of the page from standard input
    content = sys.stdin.read()

    context = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)

    try:
        s = Server("https://confluence.example.com/rpc/xmlrpc", context)
    except AttributeError:
        s = Server("https://confluence.example.com/rpc/xmlrpc")

    token = s.confluence2.login(username, pw)
    page = s.confluence2.getPage(token, "SPACEKEY", "PAGE TITLE")

    # change the content here
    page['content'] = content
    s.confluence2.storePage(token, page)