PowerBuilder 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'

PowerBuilder Example

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Rest
integer li_Success
integer li_BTls
integer li_Port
integer li_BAutoReconnect
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_SbRequestBody
oleobject loo_SbResponseBody
integer li_RespStatusCode
oleobject loo_JsonResponse
string ls_Id
string ls_Key
string ls_Self

loo_Rest = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Rest.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Rest
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

//  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue
li_BTls = 1
li_Port = 443
li_BAutoReconnect = 1
li_Success = loo_Rest.Connect("your-domain.atlassian.net",li_Port,li_BTls,li_BAutoReconnect)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug "ConnectFailReason: " + string(loo_Rest.ConnectFailReason)
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    return
end if

loo_Rest.SetAuthBasic("jira@example.com","JIRA_API_TOKEN")

loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.project.id","10000")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.summary","something is wrong")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.issuetype.id","10000")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.assignee.name","matt")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.priority.id","3")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.labels[0]","bugfix")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.labels[1]","blitz_test")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.description","description")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.fixVersions[0].id","10001")
loo_Json.UpdateString("fields.customfield_10005","blah blah")

loo_Rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json")
loo_Rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")

loo_SbRequestBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbRequestBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")

loo_Json.EmitSb(loo_SbRequestBody)
loo_SbResponseBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_SbResponseBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")

li_Success = loo_Rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/api/2/issue",loo_SbRequestBody,loo_SbResponseBody)
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    destroy loo_SbResponseBody
    return
end if

li_RespStatusCode = loo_Rest.ResponseStatusCode
if li_RespStatusCode >= 400 then
    Write-Debug "Response Status Code = " + string(li_RespStatusCode)
    Write-Debug "Response Header:"
    Write-Debug loo_Rest.ResponseHeader
    Write-Debug "Response Body:"
    Write-Debug loo_SbResponseBody.GetAsString()
    destroy loo_Rest
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_SbRequestBody
    destroy loo_SbResponseBody
    return
end if

loo_JsonResponse = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JsonResponse.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")

loo_JsonResponse.LoadSb(loo_SbResponseBody)

ls_Id = loo_JsonResponse.StringOf("id")
ls_Key = loo_JsonResponse.StringOf("key")
ls_Self = loo_JsonResponse.StringOf("self")


destroy loo_Rest
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_SbRequestBody
destroy loo_SbResponseBody
destroy loo_JsonResponse

Sample JSON Response Body

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