Node.js Jira - Issues: Delete an Issue

Back to Index

Deletes an issue. This example deletes the issue having key = "SCRUM-13". A successful delete is indicated by a response status code equal to 204 with an empty response body. This example demonstrates one possible JSON error response (where the response status code was 403).

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

CURL Command

curl -X DELETE --user jira@example.com:JIRA_API_TOKEN \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13'

Node.js Example

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_win32'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    var chilkat = require('chilkat_node6_macosx');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    var rest = new chilkat.Rest();
    var success;

    //  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13
    var bTls = true;
    var port = 443;
    var bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("your-domain.atlassian.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log("ConnectFailReason: " + rest.ConnectFailReason);
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

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

    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13",sbResponseBody);
    if (success !== true) {
        console.log(rest.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode;
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(rest.ResponseHeader);
        console.log("Response Body:");
        console.log(sbResponseBody.GetAsString());
        return;
    }

    var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);

    var i;
    var count_i;
    var strVal;

    i = 0;
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("errorMessages");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.I = i;
        strVal = jsonResponse.StringOf("errorMessages[i]");
        i = i+1;
    }


}

chilkatExample();

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "errorMessages": [
    "You do not have permission to delete issues in this project."
  ],
  "errors": {}
}