How to get a URL to download an attachment in Confluence

Summary

There may be instances when you need to get a URL to download an attachment. This article outlines a method to achieve this.

Environment

Confluence Cloud

Solution

1. Access the page where the desired file is attached.

2. Extract the id of the page from the URL bar.

   • For instance, the id is 943423490 in the following image.

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3. Paste a URL like the following to the URL bar to get the page id 

   1. 1 2 https://{Your site name}.atlassian.net/wiki/api/v2/pages/{Page id}/attachments ex. https://testatlassian.atlassian.net/wiki/api/v2/pages/943423490/attachment

4. Locate a section similar to the one below that contains the download link.

   1. 1 ..._links":{"download":"/download/attachments/XXXXXX/○○○○○",

5. You can now download the file using the following URL

   1. 1 https://{Your site name}.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/XXXXXX/○○○○○