Python Jira - Issues: Delete an Issue

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Deletes an issue. This example deletes the issue having key = "SCRUM-13". A successful delete is indicated by a response status code equal to 204 with an empty response body. This example demonstrates one possible JSON error response (where the response status code was 403).

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

CURL Command

curl -X DELETE --user jira@example.com:JIRA_API_TOKEN \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13'

Python Example

import sys
import chilkat

rest = chilkat.CkRest()

#  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13
bTls = True
port = 443
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("your-domain.atlassian.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
if (success != True):
    print("ConnectFailReason: " + str(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()))
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

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

rest.AddHeader("Accept","application/json")

sbResponseBody = chilkat.CkStringBuilder()
success = rest.FullRequestNoBodySb("DELETE","/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13",sbResponseBody)
if (success != True):
    print(rest.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

respStatusCode = rest.get_ResponseStatusCode()
if (respStatusCode >= 400):
    print("Response Status Code = " + str(respStatusCode))
    print("Response Header:")
    print(rest.responseHeader())
    print("Response Body:")
    print(sbResponseBody.getAsString())
    sys.exit()

jsonResponse = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("errorMessages")
while i < count_i :
    jsonResponse.put_I(i)
    strVal = jsonResponse.stringOf("errorMessages[i]")
    i = i + 1

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "errorMessages": [
    "You do not have permission to delete issues in this project."
  ],
  "errors": {}
}