Delphi ActiveX Jira - Issues: Edit an Issue

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Edits the issue from a JSON representation. This example updates the issue having key = "SCRUM-15". A successful update is indicated by a response status code equal to 204 with an empty response body.

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

CURL Command

curl -X PUT --user jira@example.com:JIRA_API_TOKEN \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
    {
      "update": {
        "summary": [
          {
            "set": "Bug in business logic"
          }
        ],
        "labels": [
          {
            "add": "triaged"
          },
          {
            "remove": "blocker"
          }
        ]
      },
      "fields": {
        "customfield_10010": 1
      },
      "historyMetadata": {
        "type": "myplugin:type",
        "description": "text description",
        "descriptionKey": "plugin.changereason.i18.key",
        "activityDescription": "text description",
        "activityDescriptionKey": "plugin.activity.i18.key",
        "actor": {
          "id": "tony",
          "displayName": "Tony",
          "type": "mysystem-user",
          "avatarUrl": "http://mysystem/avatar/tony.jpg",
          "url": "http://mysystem/users/tony"
        },
        "generator": {
          "id": "mysystem-1",
          "type": "mysystem-application"
        },
        "cause": {
          "id": "myevent",
          "type": "mysystem-event"
        },
        "extraData": {
          "keyvalue": "extra data",
          "goes": "here"
        }
      },
      "properties": [
        {
          "key": "key1",
          "value": "can be set at issue create or update time"
        },
        {
          "key": "key2",
          "value": "and there can be multiple properties"
        }
      ]
    }' \
  --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15'

Delphi ActiveX Example

var
rest: TChilkatRest;
success: Integer;
bTls: Integer;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Integer;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
sbRequestBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
sbResponseBody: TChilkatStringBuilder;
respStatusCode: Integer;

begin
rest := TChilkatRest.Create(Self);

//  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15
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('update.summary[0].set','Bug in business logic');
json.UpdateString('update.labels[0].add','triaged');
json.UpdateString('update.labels[1].remove','blocker');
json.UpdateNumber('fields.customfield_10010','1');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.type','myplugin:type');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.description','text description');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.descriptionKey','plugin.changereason.i18.key');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.activityDescription','text description');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.activityDescriptionKey','plugin.activity.i18.key');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.actor.id','tony');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.actor.displayName','Tony');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.actor.type','mysystem-user');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.actor.avatarUrl','http://mysystem/avatar/tony.jpg');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.actor.url','http://mysystem/users/tony');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.generator.id','mysystem-1');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.generator.type','mysystem-application');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.cause.id','myevent');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.cause.type','mysystem-event');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.extraData.keyvalue','extra data');
json.UpdateString('historyMetadata.extraData.goes','here');
json.UpdateString('properties[0].key','key1');
json.UpdateString('properties[0].value','can be set at issue create or update time');
json.UpdateString('properties[1].key','key2');
json.UpdateString('properties[1].value','and there can be multiple properties');

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('PUT','/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15',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;