Problem Definition

As a Confluence administrator I am able to import a specific space through the admin UI as explained in Restoring a Space.

Importing multiple spaces can take a long time thought the UI, since you need to perform the same task multiple times.
It would be interesting to have an API method to automate this task.

Suggested Solution

Add a REST API method to import a Confluence Space.

Workaround

Although the SOAP-XML API is deprecated, it is still available in Confluence while not all methods are ported to REST.

The Confluence administrator may use the importSpace method to import a Confluence Space.

Below is an example of such an operation using Python:

#!/usr/bin/python

from __future__ import with_statement
import sys, string, suds, re, os, base64

from suds.client import Client
url = 'http://localhost:6733/c733/rpc/soap-axis/confluenceservice-v2?wsdl'
client = Client(url)

with open('Confluence-space-export-110203-4.xml.zip', 'rb') as myfile:
        data = myfile.read()
        encodedFile = base64.b64encode(data)

token = client.service.login('admin', 'admin');

outputpath = client.service.importSpace(token, encodedFile);

print outputpath;