How connect to Jira server with REST API and Java language?

[ROUAG Ines]

Hello,

I would like to use the REST API for communicate with JIRA. For example, I want to create an issue, so I must to connect to a JIRA server.

I don't know how to do. I use Java language. I search on every forums and Atlassian tutorials but it doesn't works.

I also install JRJC and Maven2 plugin for Eclipse dev cause I've seen in the Atlassian tutorial it's good to develop with this plugin but I don't know to use this plugin so when I create a Maven project I have a lot of errors. Can I have help for understand how this plugin works?

Can u help me to resolve my problem?

Thanks in advance,

Best regards.

[Timothy · Accepted solution]

You need to create a client in your Java code to send and receive REST request and responses.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOCSPRINT/The+Simplest+Possible+JIRA+REST+Examples

[ROUAG Ines]

Thanks for your answer!

I know this tutorial but my problem is to add depedencies in my pom.xml without errors.

Can u help me? Do you know how works Maven2 plugin?

[Timothy]

You'll have to find your own resources on how to use Maven 2 to add dependencies.

Just as a heads up, I use this for creating a REST client:

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
	<artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
	<version>1.8-atlassian-6</version>
	<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

I use this for parsing JSON:

<dependency>
	<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
	<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
	<version>1.1.1</version>
	<scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

[Jonathan Hult]

There is a Java library which abstracts away the REST API:

• https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/wiki/display/JRJC/
• https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/jira-rest-java-client/