PowerShell 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'

PowerShell Example

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

#  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("your-domain.atlassian.net",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("ConnectFailReason: " + $rest.ConnectFailReason)
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

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

$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$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 = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$json.EmitSb($sbRequestBody)
$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/api/2/issue",$sbRequestBody,$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$respStatusCode = $rest.ResponseStatusCode
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
    $("Response Header:")
    $($rest.ResponseHeader)
    $("Response Body:")
    $($sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    exit
}

$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.LoadSb($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"
}