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

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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

PowerShell Example

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

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

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

$rest.PartSelector = "1"
$fileStream1 = New-Object Chilkat.Stream
$fileStream1.SourceFile = "starfish.jpg"
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=`"file`"; filename=`"starfish.jpg`"")
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","image/jpeg")
$rest.SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream1)

$rest.PartSelector = "2"
$fileStream2 = New-Object Chilkat.Stream
$fileStream2.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.PartSelector = "3"
$fileStream3 = New-Object Chilkat.Stream
$fileStream3.SourceFile = "sample.pdf"
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Disposition","form-data; name=`"file`"; filename=`"sample.pdf`"")
$rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/pdf")
$rest.SetMultipartBodyStream($fileStream3)

$rest.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.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

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

$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonArray
$jsonResponse.Load($strResponseBody)

$arrIdx = 0
$numArrayObjects = $jsonResponse.Size
#  Iterate over the members of the array.
while ($arrIdx -lt $numArrayObjects) {
    #  Make sure the array member at this index is a JSON object.
    if ($jsonResponse.TypeAt($arrIdx) -eq 3) {
        $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"
  }
]