Perl 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'

Perl Example

use chilkat();

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#  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) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->SetAuthBasic('jira@example.com',"JIRA_API_TOKEN");

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$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 = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sbRequestBody);
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/api/2/issue",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody);
if ($success != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$respStatusCode = $rest->get_ResponseStatusCode();
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $rest->responseHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
    print $sbResponseBody->getAsString() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResponse = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonResponse->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);

$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"
}