Perl Jira - Issues: Add a Comment

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Adds a new comment to an issue. This example adds a comment for the issue with key = "SCRUM-15".

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

CURL Command

curl --user jira@example.com:JIRA_API_TOKEN \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
    {
      "body": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque eget venenatis elit. Duis eu justo eget augue iaculis fermentum. Sed semper quam laoreet nisi egestas at posuere augue semper.",
      "visibility": {
        "type": "role",
        "value": "Administrators"
      }
    }' \
  --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15/comment'
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/comment
$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("body","Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque eget venenatis elit. Duis eu justo eget augue iaculis fermentum. Sed semper quam laoreet nisi egestas at posuere augue semper.");
$json->UpdateString("visibility.type","role");
$json->UpdateString("visibility.value","Administrators");

$rest->AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
$rest->AddHeader("Accept","application/json");

$sbRequestBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$json->EmitSb($sbRequestBody);
$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $rest->FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-15/comment",$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);

$self = $jsonResponse->stringOf("self");
$id = $jsonResponse->stringOf("id");
$authorSelf = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.self");
$authorName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.name");
$authorKey = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.key");
$authorAccountId = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.accountId");
$authorEmailAddress = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.emailAddress");
$authorAvatarUrls48x48 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.avatarUrls.48x48");
$authorAvatarUrls24x24 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.avatarUrls.24x24");
$authorAvatarUrls16x16 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.avatarUrls.16x16");
$authorAvatarUrls32x32 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.avatarUrls.32x32");
$authorDisplayName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.displayName");
$authorActive = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("author.active");
$authorTimeZone = $jsonResponse->stringOf("author.timeZone");
$body = $jsonResponse->stringOf("body");
$updateAuthorSelf = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.self");
$updateAuthorName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.name");
$updateAuthorKey = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.key");
$updateAuthorAccountId = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.accountId");
$updateAuthorEmailAddress = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.emailAddress");
$updateAuthorAvatarUrls48x48 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.avatarUrls.48x48");
$updateAuthorAvatarUrls24x24 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.avatarUrls.24x24");
$updateAuthorAvatarUrls16x16 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.avatarUrls.16x16");
$updateAuthorAvatarUrls32x32 = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.avatarUrls.32x32");
$updateAuthorDisplayName = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.displayName");
$updateAuthorActive = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("updateAuthor.active");
$updateAuthorTimeZone = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updateAuthor.timeZone");
$created = $jsonResponse->stringOf("created");
$updated = $jsonResponse->stringOf("updated");
$visibilityType = $jsonResponse->stringOf("visibility.type");
$visibilityValue = $jsonResponse->stringOf("visibility.value");

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "self": "https://chilkat.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/10014/comment/10019",
  "id": "10019",
  "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"
  },
  "body": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque eget venenatis elit. Duis eu justo eget augue iaculis fermentum. Sed semper quam laoreet nisi egestas at posuere augue semper.",
  "updateAuthor": {
    "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": "2018-04-14T10:14:41.741-0500",
  "updated": "2018-04-14T10:14:41.741-0500",
  "visibility": {
    "type": "role",
    "value": "Administrators"
  }
}