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Generate same link when sharing page using Share button > Copy link

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      After clicking the Share button > Copy link on page, the link generated is always different.

      This suggestion is to generate the same link when sharing a page using the Share button > Copy link.

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            [CONFCLOUD-76827] Generate same link when sharing page using Share button > Copy link

            Darryl Lee added a comment - - edited

            For reference (and maybe to get some eyes on this), we're talking about "Share Links", which have the format of: 

            <mysite>.atlassian.net/l/cp/XXXX

            This is compared to the old "Tiny Links" which have this format:

            <mysite>.atlassian.net/wiki/x/XXXX

            UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS/ISSUES:

            1. Why do the Share Links change every time you click on the Share link? What is the value in having them be unique? Are you working on a feature to manage share links and allow us to revoke them?
            2. Why did you create a NEW "standard" for short links when you already have Tiny Links?
            3. URL custom field in Jira doesn't support Smart Links. So when Users paste in Tiny or Share Links into those fields, we do NOT have the PageId, which makes it difficult to query the Confluence API, which doesn't (AFAIK) accept Tiny or Share Links instead of PageIDs.
            4. There is no API endpoint for converting Tiny or Share Links to PageIds.
            5. Sure, if you have something like Python or curl, you can look at the "location:" header in the 302 redirect, but when you do a Web Request from Automation, that header is not available, because you only get the final content of the page.

            Darryl Lee added a comment - - edited For reference (and maybe to get some eyes on this), we're talking about "Share Links", which have the format of:  <mysite>.atlassian.net /l/cp/XXXX This is compared to the old "Tiny Links" which have this format: <mysite>.atlassian.net /wiki/x/XXXX UNRESOLVED QUESTIONS/ISSUES: Why do the Share Links change every time you click on the Share link? What is the value in having them be unique? Are you working on a feature to manage share links and allow us to revoke them? Why did you create a NEW "standard" for short links when you already have Tiny Links? URL custom field in Jira doesn't support Smart Links. So when Users paste in Tiny or Share Links into those fields, we do NOT have the PageId, which makes it difficult to query the Confluence API, which doesn't (AFAIK) accept Tiny or Share Links instead of PageIDs. There is no API endpoint for converting Tiny or Share Links to PageIds. Sure, if you have something like Python or curl, you can look at the "location:" header in the 302 redirect, but when you do a Web Request from Automation, that header is not available, because you only get the final content of the page.

            Darryl Lee added a comment -

            Also, as posited here, can the Share one be revoked/removed? Does it expire? Like was this a feature Atlassian intended to work in conjunction with Public Links and then they never cleaned it up?

            Darryl Lee added a comment - Also, as posited here, can the Share one be revoked/removed? Does it expire? Like was this a feature Atlassian intended to work in conjunction with Public Links and then they never cleaned it up?

            Darryl Lee added a comment -

            A more pertinent question, asked here is WHY are there two different "short links", and WHY does the Share one always change?

            Darryl Lee added a comment - A more pertinent question, asked here is WHY are there two different "short links", and WHY does the Share one always change?

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              c89c89c091e7 Avinash Bisht
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