Create a new page from a template with a hyperlink
Asked by Daniel:

Hi,

I am currently trying to force creating a new page with a [template (Devops runbook)](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/templates/devops-runbook)

I tried the same url as mentioned in:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/URL-or-hyperlink-to-page-creation-via-template/qaq-p/819221>

but my tries resultet in

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/235528i47DDF140574E27E5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

```
https://COMPANY.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage-entervariables.action?spaceKey=PE&title=RUNBOOKTITLE&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=39223297&templateId=e7bc19be-7c49-42a7-a414-f0bc4ce25007

```

It seems that my templateid differs from the example, but i can't find another one.

<https://COMPANY.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/template/e7bc19be-7c49-42a7-a414-f0bc4ce25007>

delivered me the following json:

```
{
"templateId":"e7bc19be-7c49-42a7-a414-f0bc4ce25007",
"originalTemplate":{
"pluginKey":"com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-business-blueprints",
"moduleKey":"devops-runbook-page"
},
"referencingBlueprint":"com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-business-blueprints:devops-runbook-blueprint",
"name":"DevOps Runbook",
"description":"devops-runbook.blueprint.content.template.description",
"labels":[
],
"templateType":"blueprint",
"editorVersion":"v2",
"body":{
"storage":{
"value":"<table data-layout=\"default\"><colgroup><col style=\"width: 176.0px;\" /><col style=\"width: 583.0px;\" /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th><p><strong>Runbook name</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#ffffff\"><p /></th></tr><tr><td data-highlight-colour=\"#f4f5f7\"><p><strong>Runbook description</strong></p></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td data-highlight-colour=\"#f4f5f7\"><p><strong>Owner</strong></p></td><td><p><ac:placeholder>@ mention the owner</ac:placeholder></p></td></tr><tr><td data-highlight-colour=\"#f4f5f7\"><p><strong>Version</strong></p></td><td><p><ac:placeholder>e.g., 2.3</ac:placeholder></p></td></tr><tr><td data-highlight-colour=\"#f4f5f7\"><p><strong>Version date</strong></p></td><td><p><ac:placeholder>Type // to add the date</ac:placeholder></p></td></tr><tr><td data-highlight-colour=\"#f4f5f7\"><p><strong>On this page</strong></p></td><td><ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"toc\" ac:schema-version=\"1\" data-layout=\"default\" ac:macro-id=\"6a8dd225-12fa-4ce5-82dc-9b4859c94be7\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"minLevel\">2</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"type\">flat</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"separator\">pipe</ac:parameter></ac:structured-macro></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><h2><ac:emoticon ac:name=\"blue-star\" ac:emoji-shortname=\":classical_building:\" ac:emoji-id=\"1f3db\" ac:emoji-fallback=\"\uD83C\uDFDB\" /> Architecture</h2><p><ac:placeholder>Provide a high-level architectural diagram of your hosts and services so that your operations team can effectively troubleshoot an alert or outage.</ac:placeholder></p><p /><h2><ac:emoticon ac:name=\"blue-star\" ac:emoji-shortname=\":speech_balloon:\" ac:emoji-id=\"1f4ac\" ac:emoji-fallback=\"\uD83D\uDCAC\" /> Support contacts</h2><table data-layout=\"default\"><tbody><tr><th data-highlight-colour=\"#e6fcff\"><p><strong>Expertise level</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#e6fcff\"><p><strong>Team</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#e6fcff\"><p><strong>Team lead</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#e6fcff\"><p><strong>Contact info</strong></p></th></tr><tr><td><p>Level 1</p></td><td><p><ac:placeholder>@ Team members</ac:placeholder></p></td><td><p><ac:placeholder>@ Lead</ac:placeholder></p></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 2</p></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p>Level 3</p></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><h2><ac:emoticon ac:name=\"blue-star\" ac:emoji-shortname=\":running_shirt_with_sash:\" ac:emoji-id=\"1f3bd\" ac:emoji-fallback=\"\uD83C\uDFBD\" /> Runs</h2><p><ac:placeholder>List the routine operations tasks this runbook is automating.</ac:placeholder></p><table data-layout=\"default\"><tbody><tr><th data-highlight-colour=\"#deebff\"><p><strong>Name</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#deebff\"><p><strong>State</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#deebff\"><p><strong>Start time</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#deebff\"><p><strong>Completed time</strong></p></th><th data-highlight-colour=\"#deebff\"><p><strong>Duration</strong></p></th></tr><tr><td><p><ac:placeholder>e.g., Database backup</ac:placeholder></p></td><td><p><ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"status\" ac:schema-version=\"1\" ac:macro-id=\"7ed934f0-1549-438d-a3e6-4014427b32a4\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"title\">Success</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"colour\">Green</ac:parameter></ac:structured-macro> / <ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"status\" ac:schema-version=\"1\" ac:macro-id=\"5a58de88-ae20-4c3f-928e-d9320854ba65\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"title\">Error</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"colour\">Red</ac:parameter></ac:structured-macro></p></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><h2><ac:emoticon ac:name=\"blue-star\" ac:emoji-shortname=\":roller_coaster:\" ac:emoji-id=\"1f3a2\" ac:emoji-fallback=\"\uD83C\uDFA2\" /> Process</h2><p><ac:placeholder>List the procedures your team needs to follow to start, stop, monitor, and debug the system. Include procedures for every anticipated scenario.</ac:placeholder></p><table data-layout=\"wide\"><colgroup><col /><col style=\"width: 249.0px;\" /><col style=\"width: 94.0px;\" /><col style=\"width: 144.0px;\" /><col style=\"width: 148.0px;\" /><col style=\"width: 140.0px;\" /><col style=\"width: 143.0px;\" /></colgroup><tbody><tr><th class=\"numberingColumn\" /><th><p><strong>Step instructions</strong></p></th><th><p><strong>Enabled</strong></p></th><th><p><strong>Execution location</strong></p></th><th><p><strong>Run environments</strong></p></th><th><p><strong>Run conditions</strong></p></th><th><p><strong>Documentation</strong></p></th></tr><tr><td class=\"numberingColumn\">1</td><td><p /></td><td><p><ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"status\" ac:schema-version=\"1\" ac:macro-id=\"6cf3b173-4ba6-429f-b1ed-a23a7a6465dd\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"title\">Yes</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"colour\">Green</ac:parameter></ac:structured-macro> / <ac:structured-macro ac:name=\"status\" ac:schema-version=\"1\" ac:macro-id=\"c2a55e5a-ed80-4301-8af8-9a2d81a71523\"><ac:parameter ac:name=\"title\">No</ac:parameter><ac:parameter ac:name=\"colour\">Red</ac:parameter></ac:structured-macro></p></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p><ac:placeholder>Add a link</ac:placeholder></p></td></tr><tr><td class=\"numberingColumn\">2</td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr><tr><td class=\"numberingColumn\">3</td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td><td><p /></td></tr></tbody></table>",
"representation":"storage",
"embeddedContent":[
]
}
},
"_links":{
"self":"https://COMPANY.atlassian.net/wiki/rest/api/template/e7bc19be-7c49-42a7-a414-f0bc4ce25007",
"base":"https://COMPANY.atlassian.net/wiki",
"context":"/wiki"
}
}
```


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@Daniel](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5126310) and welcome to the community,

There is an open suggestion about templates and REST API, which you can watch and vote here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-11393>

The URL you provided with a solution is for confluence server and I don't know if it will work on cloud.

comments: author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: And there is also another solution which you could try (again for server) <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-i-create-a-new-page-from-a-users-template-using-rest-api/qaq-p/1059884> which could possibly work for cloud. I haven't test it though


author: Daniel
body: Thanks :)  
the REST API call doesn't work for me, as i need a hyperlink.


author: Nikhil Owalekar
body: I don't understand how the provided answer is an acceptable answer to the original question "Create a new page from a template with a hyperlink".

As per several posts like this one : <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-I-trigger-a-template-from-a-link/qaq-p/134700>

This functionality used to work at some point using links like this one,

https://\<siteURL\>/pages/createpage-entervariables.action?templateId=\<templateID\>\&spaceKey=\<SpaceKey\>

Not sure why it doesn't work now.


Tags: cloud

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