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Confluence

Connect your Confluence spaces to SurfSense

Confluence OAuth Integration Setup Guide

This guide walks you through setting up an Atlassian OAuth 2.0 (3LO) integration for SurfSense to connect your Confluence spaces.

Step 1: Access the Developer Console

  1. Navigate to developer.atlassian.com
  2. Click your profile icon in the top-right corner
  3. Select "Developer console" from the dropdown

Atlassian Developer Console Access

Step 2: Create a New OAuth 2.0 Integration

  1. In the Developer Console, under My apps, click the "Create" button
  2. Select "OAuth 2.0 integration" from the dropdown

Create OAuth 2.0 Integration

Step 3: Name Your Integration

  1. Enter Name: SurfSense
  2. Check the box to agree to Atlassian's developer terms
  3. Click "Create"

ℹ️ New OAuth 2.0 integrations use rotating refresh tokens, which improve security by limiting token validity and enabling automatic detection of token reuse.

Create New Integration Form

Step 4: Configure Callback URL

  1. In the left sidebar, click "Authorization"
  2. Under Callback URLs, enter the redirect URI:
    http://localhost:8000/api/v1/auth/confluence/connector/callback
  3. Click "Save changes"

ℹ️ You can enter up to 10 redirect URIs, one per line.

Authorization Callback URLs

Step 5: Configure API Permissions

  1. In the left sidebar, click "Permissions"
  2. You'll see a list of available APIs including Confluence API

Permissions Overview

Step 6: Configure Confluence API Scopes

  1. Click "Configure" next to Confluence API

Classic Scopes

Select the "Classic scopes" tab and enable:

Scope NameCodeDescription
✅ Read userread:confluence-userView user information in Confluence that you have access to, including usernames, email addresses and profile pictures

Confluence API Classic Scopes

Granular Scopes

Select the "Granular scopes" tab and enable:

Scope NameCodeDescription
✅ View pagesread:page:confluenceView page content
✅ View commentsread:comment:confluenceView comments on pages or blogposts
✅ View spacesread:space:confluenceView space details
  1. Click "Save"

Confluence API Granular Scopes

Step 7: Get OAuth Credentials

  1. In the left sidebar, click "Settings"
  2. Copy your Client ID and Client Secret

⚠️ Never share your client secret publicly.


Running SurfSense with Confluence Connector

Add the Atlassian environment variables to your Docker run command:

docker run -d -p 3000:3000 -p 8000:8000 \
  -v surfsense-data:/data \
  # Confluence Connector
  -e ATLASSIAN_CLIENT_ID=your_atlassian_client_id \
  -e ATLASSIAN_CLIENT_SECRET=your_atlassian_client_secret \
  -e CONFLUENCE_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:8000/api/v1/auth/confluence/connector/callback \
  --name surfsense \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  ghcr.io/modsetter/surfsense:latest

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