Xojo Plugin 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'

Xojo Plugin Example

Dim rest As New Chilkat.Rest
Dim success As Boolean

//  URL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue
Dim bTls As Boolean
bTls = True
Dim port As Int32
port = 443
Dim bAutoReconnect As Boolean
bAutoReconnect = True
success = rest.Connect("your-domain.atlassian.net",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog("ConnectFailReason: " + Str(rest.ConnectFailReason))
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

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

Dim json As New 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")

Dim sbRequestBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
Dim sbResponseBody As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/rest/api/2/issue",sbRequestBody,sbResponseBody)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(rest.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim respStatusCode As Int32
respStatusCode = rest.ResponseStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    System.DebugLog("Response Status Code = " + Str(respStatusCode))
    System.DebugLog("Response Header:")
    System.DebugLog(rest.ResponseHeader)
    System.DebugLog("Response Body:")
    System.DebugLog(sbResponseBody.GetAsString())
    Return
End If

Dim jsonResponse As New Chilkat.JsonObject
jsonResponse.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)

Dim id As String
Dim key As String
Dim self As String

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"
}