How to test against the data center api

[Mike Bowler]

I'm the author of an open source tool to extract metrics reports from Jira. It used to be that I could test against the Cloud API and reasonably expect that my code would also work on Data Center (and Server). That's no longer true with the recent changes to the search API. Cloud now only supports v3 and Data Centre only supports v2, which means I have different code for each.

Is there a test instance of Data Center that I can run my code against? How are others handling this?

[Matteo Vecchiato]

Hi @Mike Bowler

Welcome to Atlassian community.

You can install Jira on you own local computer, following this tutorial: https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/install-a-jira-data-center-trial-1044784650.html 

API in cloud used to be very similar to Data Center version, but then it started change and there have been several deprecations.

I hope it helps.

Regards 

[Mike Bowler]

This trial would be a good short term fix (30 day trial) but doesn't address the longer term need to keep testing my code. I'm still wondering what others are doing.

[Sunny Ape]

Hello @Mike Bowler 

You've made a small mistake in your thinking; Jira Cloud does not 'only' support a v3 API, it has a v2 API too, which is being developed in parallel. The difference between the two is that the v3 API mandates the use of ADF for all requests and responses; apart from that, they are the same.

There is nothing anyone can do about the gradual diversion of endpoints between the v2 API of Jira Cloud and Jira DC, as development of the DC product is slowly coming to an end now that it's been marked for end-of-life. However, if you want to have your own private DC instance for testing against in the meanwhile, apply for a Developer's license and run an instance in Docker etc.

[Mike Bowler]

Over the last few weeks, Atlassian has very publicly stated that they have started turning off some of the v2 search API's in cloud. Yes, most of v2 still works but the search API's are a critical part of what I need to test.