ADF Library

ADF Library is a Python package for creating and exporting Atlassian Document Format (ADF) content for Jira, Confluence, and other Atlassian Cloud products.

Overview

The library provides:

• high-level helpers for headings, paragraphs, tables, and links
• generic Node and Mark builders for the latest published ADF node and mark types
• plain Python dictionaries that can be sent directly to Atlassian APIs

Installation

pip install adf_lib

Quick Start

from adf_lib import ADF, Link, Mark, Node, NodeType, Table, Text
from adf_lib.constants.enums import HeadingLevel

doc = ADF()
doc.add(Text("My Document").heading(HeadingLevel.H1))
doc.add(Text("This is a formatted paragraph", "strong", "em").paragraph())

link = Link(href="https://example.com", title="Example")
doc.add(Text("Open example", link.to_mark()).paragraph())

doc.add(
    Node(
        NodeType.PANEL,
        attrs={"panelType": "info"},
        content=[Text("This uses a latest-schema node").paragraph()],
    )
)

doc.add(
    Node(
        NodeType.PARAGRAPH,
        content=[
            Node(
                NodeType.TEXT,
                text="Highlighted text",
                marks=[Mark("backgroundColor", {"color": "#FFF0B3"})],
            )
        ],
    )
)

adf_dict = doc.to_dict()

Latest ADF Node Coverage

Use Text, Table, and Link for common authoring flows. Use Node, NodeType, and Mark for newer ADF structures such as:

• lists: bulletList, orderedList, listItem
• rich blocks: codeBlock, panel, blockquote, rule, expand, nestedExpand
• smart content: inlineCard, blockCard, embedCard, status, date, mention, emoji
• layout and media: layoutSection, layoutColumn, media, mediaGroup, mediaSingle

This keeps the public API small while allowing the library to emit the latest published ADF node names.

API Summary

Core helpers

• ADF: document container
• Text: heading and paragraph helper
• Table: table helper
• Link: link mark helper

Generic schema helpers

• Node: generic ADF node builder
• NodeType: enum of latest published node names
• Mark: generic ADF mark builder
• MarkType: enum of latest published mark names

Documentation

Project documentation is available in /docs and published at:

• https://docs.py-adf.apps.lakmal.dev/

References

• https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/apis/document/structure/
• http://go.atlassian.com/adf-json-schema