Delphi ActiveX 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'

Delphi ActiveX Example

var
rest: TChilkatRest;
success: Integer;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
sbRequestBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
sbResponseBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
respStatusCode: Integer;
jsonResponse: TChilkatJsonObject;
id: WideString;
key: WideString;
self: WideString;

begin
rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

//  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
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason: ' + IntToStr(rest.ConnectFailReason));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

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

json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
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');

sbRequestBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody.ControlInterface);
sbResponseBody := TChilkatStringBuilder.Create(Self);
success := rest.FullRequestSb('POST','/rest/api/2/issue',sbRequestBody.ControlInterface,sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
respStatusCode := rest.ResponseStatusCode;
if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(rest.ResponseHeader);
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
    Exit;
  end;

jsonResponse := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody.ControlInterface);

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"
}