Confluence 5.7 REST API get content get many versions

Confluence Development
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Hi, there.

I’m working with an older version of Confluence and I’m trying to use the REST API to access the full version list for a given page. I am able to call out to /content/:id and get a the "version" object representing the most recent version, but when I call out to /content/:id/version I get a 404 (I’m assuming this isn’t available in this older version of Confluence).

Basically I’m looking for the API equivalent of the content found on /confluence/pages/viewpreviousversions.action?pageId=:id

Can anyone help me figure out how to use this older version of the REST API to access version history for a given page? Thanks so much in advance.

Michael

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Hello @mlp.brooklyn,

Here’s one way on making it work with v5.7 (that I’ve successfully tried), but it’s going to take a number of calls as no one call can return the information you need:

  1. Get the latest content by page id via and expand the previous version /rest/api/content/:id?expand=history.previousVersion
  2. Get the previous page by adding the version number gathered from the previous step’s response, then adding the status as historical via /rest/api/content/:id?status=historical&version=:number&expand=history.previousVersion
  3. Repeat step number 2 as you decrease the version number until you reach the previous number of 1.

You can also try the REST APIs by using Confluence Server’s REST API Browser (General Configuration > REST API Browser).

Hope this helps.
Ian