Perl Jira - Issues: Add (Upload) Attachments to an Issue

Add one or more attachments to an issue. This example will add 3 attachments to the issue "SCRUM-15".

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

CURL Command

curl -X POST --user jira@example.com:JIRA_API_TOKEN \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  --header 'X-Atlassian-Token: no-check' \
  --form 'name=file; file=@starfish.jpg' \
  --form 'name=file; file=@sample2.docx' \
  --form 'name=file; file=@sample.pdf' \
  --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15/attachments'

See: Online Tool to Generate Chilkat Code from a CURL Command

Perl Example

use chilkat();

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

#  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15/attachments
$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");

$rest->put_PartSelector("1");
$fileStream1 = chilkat::CkStream->new();
$fileStream1->put_SourceFile("starfish.jpg");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"starfish.jpg\"");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","image/jpeg");
$rest->SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream1);

$rest->put_PartSelector("2");
$fileStream2 = chilkat::CkStream->new();
$fileStream2->put_SourceFile("sample2.docx");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"sample2.docx\"");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document");
$rest->SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream2);

$rest->put_PartSelector("3");
$fileStream3 = chilkat::CkStream->new();
$fileStream3->put_SourceFile("sample.pdf");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=\"file\"; filename=\"sample.pdf\"");
$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/pdf");
$rest->SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream3);

$rest->put_PartSelector("0");

$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","multipart/form-data");
$rest->AddHeader("X-Atlassian-Token","no-check");
$rest->AddHeader("Accept","application/json");

$strResponseBody = $rest->fullRequestMultipart("POST","/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15/attachments");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 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 $strResponseBody . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResponse = chilkat::CkJsonArray->new();
$jsonResponse->Load($strResponseBody);

$arrIdx = 0;
$numArrayObjects = $jsonResponse->get_Size();
#  Iterate over the members of the array.
while ($arrIdx < $numArrayObjects) {
    #  Make sure the array member at this index is a JSON object.
    if ($jsonResponse->TypeAt($arrIdx) == 3) {
        # jObj is a JsonObject
        $jObj = $jsonResponse->ObjectAt($arrIdx);

        #  ...

    }

    $arrIdx = $arrIdx + 1;
}

Sample JSON Response Body

[
  {
    "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/attachment/10001",
    "id": "10001",
    "filename": "starfish.jpg",
    "author": {
      "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=admin",
      "name": "admin",
      "key": "admin",
      "accountId": "557058:be8b47b5-3bc0-43f6-b6b2-2cca0de12204",
      "emailAddress": "admin@@chilkatsoft.com",
      "avatarUrls": {
        "48x48": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=48&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D48%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "24x24": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=24&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D24%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "16x16": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=16&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D16%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "32x32": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=32&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D32%26noRedirect%3Dtrue"
      },
      "displayName": "Chilkat Admin",
      "active": true,
      "timeZone": "America/Chicago"
    },
    "created": "2018-04-13T10:04:44.966-0500",
    "size": 6229,
    "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    "content": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/secure/attachment/10001/starfish.jpg",
    "thumbnail": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/secure/thumbnail/10001/starfish.jpg"
  },
  {
    "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/attachment/10002",
    "id": "10002",
    "filename": "sample2.docx",
    "author": {
      "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=admin",
      "name": "admin",
      "key": "admin",
      "accountId": "557058:be8b47b5-3bc0-43f6-b6b2-2cca0de12204",
      "emailAddress": "admin@@chilkatsoft.com",
      "avatarUrls": {
        "48x48": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=48&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D48%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "24x24": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=24&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D24%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "16x16": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=16&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D16%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "32x32": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=32&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D32%26noRedirect%3Dtrue"
      },
      "displayName": "Chilkat Admin",
      "active": true,
      "timeZone": "America/Chicago"
    },
    "created": "2018-04-13T10:04:45.706-0500",
    "size": 21082,
    "mimeType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
    "content": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/secure/attachment/10002/sample2.docx"
  },
  {
    "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/attachment/10003",
    "id": "10003",
    "filename": "sample.pdf",
    "author": {
      "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=admin",
      "name": "admin",
      "key": "admin",
      "accountId": "557058:be8b47b5-3bc0-43f6-b6b2-2cca0de12204",
      "emailAddress": "admin@@chilkatsoft.com",
      "avatarUrls": {
        "48x48": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=48&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D48%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "24x24": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=24&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D24%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "16x16": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=16&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D16%26noRedirect%3Dtrue",
        "32x32": "https://avatar-cdn.atlassian.com/16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a?s=32&d=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2F16d54dcc6d4bef86fd7ee62a7cf6334a%3Fd%3Dmm%26s%3D32%26noRedirect%3Dtrue"
      },
      "displayName": "Chilkat Admin",
      "active": true,
      "timeZone": "America/Chicago"
    },
    "created": "2018-04-13T10:04:46.292-0500",
    "size": 178399,
    "mimeType": "application/pdf",
    "content": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/secure/attachment/10003/sample.pdf"
  }
]