C++ 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'

C++ Example

#include <CkRest.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkStringBuilder.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkRest rest;
    bool success;

    //  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue
    bool bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    bool bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("your-domain.atlassian.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << "ConnectFailReason: " << rest.get_ConnectFailReason() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

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

    CkJsonObject json;
    json.UpdateString("fields.project.id","10000");
    json.UpdateString("fields.summary","something is wrong");
    json.UpdateString("fields.issuetype.id","10000");
    json.UpdateString("fields.assignee.name","matt");
    json.UpdateString("fields.priority.id","3");
    json.UpdateString("fields.labels[0]","bugfix");
    json.UpdateString("fields.labels[1]","blitz_test");
    json.UpdateString("fields.description","description");
    json.UpdateString("fields.fixVersions[0].id","10001");
    json.UpdateString("fields.customfield_10005","blah blah");

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

    CkStringBuilder sbRequestBody;
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);
    CkStringBuilder sbResponseBody;
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/api/2/issue",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
    if (success != true) {
        std::cout << rest.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    int respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode();
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        std::cout << "Response Status Code = " << respStatusCode << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response Header:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << rest.responseHeader() << "\r\n";
        std::cout << "Response Body:" << "\r\n";
        std::cout << sbResponseBody.getAsString() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse;
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

    const char *id = 0;
    const char *key = 0;
    const char *self = 0;

    id = jsonResponse.stringOf("id");
    key = jsonResponse.stringOf("key");
    self = jsonResponse.stringOf("self");
    }

Sample JSON Response Body

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