Delphi DLL 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 DLL Example

var
rest: HCkRest;
success: Boolean;
bTls: Boolean;
port: Integer;
bAutoReconnect: Boolean;
json: HCkJsonObject;
sbRequestBody: HCkStringBuilder;
sbResponseBody: HCkStringBuilder;
respStatusCode: Integer;
jsonResponse: HCkJsonObject;
id: PWideChar;
key: PWideChar;
self: PWideChar;

begin
rest := CkRest_Create();

//  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue
bTls := True;
port := 443;
bAutoReconnect := True;
success := CkRest_Connect(rest,'your-domain.atlassian.net',port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('ConnectFailReason: ' + IntToStr(CkRest_getConnectFailReason(rest)));
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;

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

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

CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Content-Type','application/json');
CkRest_AddHeader(rest,'Accept','application/json');

sbRequestBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
CkJsonObject_EmitSb(json,sbRequestBody);
sbResponseBody := CkStringBuilder_Create();
success := CkRest_FullRequestSb(rest,'POST','/rest/api/2/issue',sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody);
if (success <> True) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__lastErrorText(rest));
    Exit;
  end;
respStatusCode := CkRest_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
if (respStatusCode >= 400) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Status Code = ' + IntToStr(respStatusCode));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Header:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkRest__responseHeader(rest));
    Memo1.Lines.Add('Response Body:');
    Memo1.Lines.Add(CkStringBuilder__getAsString(sbResponseBody));
    Exit;
  end;

jsonResponse := CkJsonObject_Create();
CkJsonObject_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

id := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'id');
key := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'key');
self := CkJsonObject__stringOf(jsonResponse,'self');

CkRest_Dispose(rest);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbRequestBody);
CkStringBuilder_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonResponse);

Sample JSON Response Body

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