Classic ASP Jira - Issues: Create Issue

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Creates an issue or a sub-task from a JSON representation.

Documentation: https://developers.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/#api-api-2-issue-post

CURL Command

curl -X POST --user jira@example.com:JIRA_API_TOKEN \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
    {
      "fields": {
        "project": {
          "id": "10000"
        },
        "summary": "something is wrong",
        "issuetype": {
          "id": "10000"
        },
        "assignee": {
          "name": "matt"
        },
        "priority": {
          "id": "3"
        },
        "labels": [
          "bugfix",
          "blitz_test"
        ],
        "description": "description",
        "fixVersions": [
          {
            "id": "10001"
          }
        ],
        "customfield_10005": "blah blah"
      }
    }' \
  --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue'

Classic ASP Example

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set rest = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")

'  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue
bTls = 1
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = 1
success = rest.Connect("your-domain.atlassian.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "ConnectFailReason: " & rest.ConnectFailReason) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

success = rest.SetAuthBasic("jira@example.com","JIRA_API_TOKEN")

set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.project.id","10000")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.summary","something is wrong")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.issuetype.id","10000")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.assignee.name","matt")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.priority.id","3")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.labels[0]","bugfix")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.labels[1]","blitz_test")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.description","description")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.fixVersions[0].id","10001")
success = json.UpdateString("fields.customfield_10005","blah blah")

success = rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
success = rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")

set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/api/2/issue",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"

End If

respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( rest.ResponseHeader) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( sbResponseBody.GetAsString()) & "</pre>"

End If

set jsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

id = jsonResponse.StringOf("id")
key = jsonResponse.StringOf("key")
self = jsonResponse.StringOf("self")

%>
</body>
</html>

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "10023",
  "key": "SCRUM-24",
  "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/10023"
}