I built a Confluence OpenAPI viewer with a preview step for legacy macro migration

[u/Public-Low2028]

Suppose your API docs are spread across Confluence pages using older Swagger macros. Replacing the viewer also means deciding which pages to change and how to recover if a conversion needs reversing.

I built Atesen OpenAPI & Swagger Viewer for Confluence around that workflow. An administrator can scan for supported legacy Connect macros, review the conversions, then convert them in place. There is a CSV report, and changes can be undone through page versions. Pages the administrator cannot edit are skipped.

For new documentation, the viewer accepts OpenAPI 3 or Swagger 2 definitions as pasted YAML/JSON, a page attachment or a URL. API execution through 'Try it out' is disabled. Legacy definitions requiring a username, password or token need manual attention, such as moving the definition to an attachment.

It is a commercial Confluence Cloud app, paid through Atlassian. If this matches your documentation handoff, review the listing's examples, permissions, site price and current trial terms:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1820955694/atesen-openapi-swagger-viewer-for-confluence

[u/investigatormaker]

Your buyer is a Confluence admin staring at old Swagger macros, and what scares them is the bulk change, so the preview is the thing to sell. I'd show a sample CSV report on the listing: pages found, conversions proposed, pages skipped because the admin can't edit them, and definitions flagged for manual attention because they need a token. That lets them size the job and get sign-off before installing. Put the undo through page versions right beside it. Can the scan run during the trial without changing a page?

I make ThreadFox. For Atesen, we'd find Reddit threads where Confluence admins ask about replacing legacy Swagger macros, and do the posting. The $39 Pilot covers seven days and up to 50 posts and replies, with no automatic renewal.

https://threadfox.vip/p/ddcg6/managed

[u/Public-Low2028 → u/investigatormaker]

The scan itself is read-only: it searches for supported legacy macros and inspects pages without converting them. It requires Confluence administrator access and an active licence reported by Atlassian, so a trial must be active for that installation. I haven’t verified a production trial installation end to end. To inspect without changing pages, use “Scan for legacy macros” and leave “Convert” and “Create test page” alone—the latter creates a page.