Unicode C 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'

Unicode C Example

#include <C_CkRestW.h>
#include <C_CkStringBuilderW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkRestW rest;
    BOOL success;
    BOOL bTls;
    int port;
    BOOL bAutoReconnect;
    HCkStringBuilderW sbResponseBody;
    int respStatusCode;
    HCkJsonObjectW jsonResponse;
    int i;
    int count_i;
    const wchar_t *strVal;

    rest = CkRestW_Create();

    //  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13
    bTls = TRUE;
    port = 443;
    bAutoReconnect = TRUE;
    success = CkRestW_Connect(rest,L"your-domain.atlassian.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"ConnectFailReason: %d\n",CkRestW_getConnectFailReason(rest));
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        return;
    }

    CkRestW_SetAuthBasic(rest,L"jira@example.com",L"JIRA_API_TOKEN");

    CkRestW_AddHeader(rest,L"Accept",L"application/json");

    sbResponseBody = CkStringBuilderW_Create();
    success = CkRestW_FullRequestNoBodySb(rest,L"DELETE",L"/rest/api/2/issue/SCRUM-13",sbResponseBody);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_lastErrorText(rest));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    respStatusCode = CkRestW_getResponseStatusCode(rest);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        wprintf(L"Response Status Code = %d\n",respStatusCode);
        wprintf(L"Response Header:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkRestW_responseHeader(rest));
        wprintf(L"Response Body:\n");
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkStringBuilderW_getAsString(sbResponseBody));
        CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
        CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
        return;
    }

    jsonResponse = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_LoadSb(jsonResponse,sbResponseBody);

    i = 0;
    count_i = CkJsonObjectW_SizeOfArray(jsonResponse,L"errorMessages");
    while (i < count_i) {
        CkJsonObjectW_putI(jsonResponse,i);
        strVal = CkJsonObjectW_stringOf(jsonResponse,L"errorMessages[i]");
        i = i + 1;
    }



    CkRestW_Dispose(rest);
    CkStringBuilderW_Dispose(sbResponseBody);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jsonResponse);

    }

Sample JSON Response Body

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