Image Magnet

Macro Configuration
Image Magnet
Alt Text if image load fails

Inspiration

The primary driver for this project is one of my personal gripes with the new confluence editor. In my workflow I need to include a lot of images from the web in confluence. The ability to import images from URL was available in the old editor but it is missing in the new editor. I did some digging in Confluence's own jira project and I see the same issue with around 100 votes. Also a related feature is resizing the image with over 250 votes. I wanted to combine these 2 features in a Confluence macro built on forge.
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65749 (+98 upvotes)
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67554 (+257 upvotes)

What it does

Imports image from a URL
Adds alt-text
Resizes the image

How I built it

I built a confluence macro with forge to get the Image URL, Alt Text & Sizes. I built a Heroku API to resize the image and return the new URL back to Confluence for loading the resized image.

Challenges I ran into

There are no validations available yet for UI components. The experience would be a lot smoother if we have them.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I was able to fix an issue I personally faced with Confluence and being able to help about 300 upvoters in the process.

What I learned

Forge can add huge value to Atlassian products. Even though it is not fully baked yet I see the potential. Users like myself can fix bugs/ add their own features using forge apps without relying/waiting for Atlassian team work.