taofluence.py

import requests
import json
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
import sys
import string
import datetime
from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy as Server

#Checking that all required command-line arguments (username and password) were passed.

if len(sys.argv) < 8:
    argumentsnotset = "\nError: one or more arguments were not passed. \n\nUsage is like so: \
    \n\npython zen-create-post.py ZENDESKURL ZENDESKUSERNAME ZENDESKPASSWORD ZENDESKFORUMID \
    CONFLUENCEURL CONFLUENCEUSERNAME CONFLUENCEPASSWORD CONFLUENCESPACE"
    print argumentsnotset
    sys.exit(1)

# Setting up Zendesk server details. The zendesk_url looks like 'https://YOURDOMAIN.zendesk.com'
zendesk_url = sys.argv[1]
zendesk_url = (zendesk_url + "/api/v2/topics.json")
zendesk_username = sys.argv[2]
zendesk_password = sys.argv[3]
zendesk_forum_id = sys.argv[4]

# Setting Confluence server details. The confluence_server_url looks like https://YOURCONFLUENCEDOMAIN.com".
confluence_server_url = sys.argv[5]
conf_user = sys.argv[6]
conf_pwd = sys.argv[7]
conf_space = sys.argv[8]

# Access the Confluence site via XML-RPC to retrieve the list of all pages in the space (once-off)
s = Server(confluence_server_url + "/rpc/xmlrpc")
s = s.confluence1
confluence_token = s.login(conf_user,conf_pwd)
# this is a "dictionary" (spaceindex)
confluence_spaceindex = s.getPages(confluence_token, conf_space)
#print confluence_spaceindex #temporary debug point
#s.logout(confluence_token) 

#Set up Zendesk login credentials from command-line arguments
zendesk_auth = HTTPBasicAuth(zendesk_username,zendesk_password)

#Loop to create new pages in Zendesk from the list of pages in Confluence.
for page_summary in confluence_spaceindex:
    confluence_content_space = page_summary['space']
    confluence_content_url = page_summary['url']
    confluence_content_title = page_summary['title']
    confluence_content_version = page_summary['version']
    confluence_content_parent = page_summary['parentId']
    confluence_content_id = page_summary['id']
    confluence_content_permissions = page_summary['permissions']
    #Retrieve the page content for the page in context
    #confluence_content_pagecontent = s.confluence2.getPage(confluence_token, confluence_content_space, confluence_content_title)
    #define dynamic content to go into the Zendesk page
    time_now =str(datetime.datetime.now())
    zendesk_title_text = confluence_content_title + " " + time_now
    zendesk_body_text = time_now + " " + confluence_content_space + " " + confluence_content_id + " " + confluence_content_version + " " + confluence_content_parent + " " + confluence_content_permissions + " " + confluence_content_url #+ " " + confluence_content_pagecontent
    #build the JSON request that will be passed via REST
    jsonbit1 = '''{"topic": {"forum_id": '''
    jsonbit2 = ''', "title": \"'''
    jsonbit3 = '''\" , "body": \"''' 
    jsonbit4 = '''\"}}'''
    payload = jsonbit1 + zendesk_forum_id + jsonbit2 + zendesk_title_text + jsonbit3 + zendesk_body_text + jsonbit4
    zendesk_data=payload
    print zendesk_data , "\n" #temporary debug point
    #sys.exit(1) #temporary breakpoint
    #Define the correct content type for REST submission
    zendesk_headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
    #Send the REST response to create the new page in Zendesk
    r = requests.post(url=zendesk_url, auth=zendesk_auth, data=zendesk_data, headers=zendesk_headers)
    print r.text #temporary debug point
    print r.status_code #temporary debug point
    print r.headers #temporary debug point
    print r.headers['content-type'] #temporary debug point
    sys.exit(1) #temporary breakpoint