Jira cloud addon: use API to create oauth1 application link

[Alexey Stogny]

Is there any way to create oauth1 application link by rest API, using jira cloud addon credentials?

[Dario B · Accepted solution]

Hi @Alexey Stogny ,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

There is no official REST API endpoint available to create Application Links. Neither for Jira Server, nor for Cloud. However, as a workaround, you can use the unofficial endpoint discussed in the below thread:

• Can I create/update an Application Link (using an [REST/java] API) in any Atlassian application?

I have just tested this and it works fine:

Endpoint: 

https://xxxxxxx.atlassian.net/rest/applinks/1.0/applicationlinkForm/createAppLink

Request Body: 

{
"applicationLink": {
"typeId": "generic",
"name": "myapp",
"displayUrl": "http://example.com",
"rpcUrl": "http://example.com",
"isPrimary": false,
"isSystem": true
},
"username": "admin",
"password": "admin",
"customRpcURL": false,
"rpcUrl": "",
"createTwoWayLink": false,
"configFormValues": {
"trustEachOther": false,
"shareUserbase": false
}
}

Response Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<createdApplicationLink>
<applicationLink>
<link href="https://xxxxxxx.atlassian.net/rest/applinks/latest/applicationlink/a9b9f043-36ce-3181-a08e-774e01113b31" rel="self"/>
<id>a9b9f043-36ce-3181-a08e-774e01113b31</id>
<typeId>generic</typeId>
<name>myapp</name>
<displayUrl>http://example.com</displayUrl>
<iconUrl>https://xxxxxxx.atlassian.net/s/-w84psc/b/11/14089203f537b6cb29f73c5809f577b4a6a0c922/_/download/resources/com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-plugin:applinks-images/images/types/16generic.png</iconUrl>
<iconUri>https://xxxxxxx.atlassian.net/s/-w84psc/b/11/14089203f537b6cb29f73c5809f577b4a6a0c922/_/download/resources/com.atlassian.applinks.applinks-plugin:applinks-images/images/config/logos/128x128/128generic.png</iconUri>
<rpcUrl>http://example.com</rpcUrl>
<isPrimary>false</isPrimary>
<isSystem>false</isSystem>
</applicationLink>
<autoConfigurationSuccessful>true</autoConfigurationSuccessful>
</createdApplicationLink>

Please notice that this is just a workaround: the endpoint is not officially documented and it may change without prior notice.

For the rest:

1. We have the folloring feature request open in our system asking for this functionality in Cloud (the one for Server is linked), but as you can see it only got a handful of votes in couple of years. Please vote and watch it, so that you will be notified by email in case of any update: [JRACLOUD-61753] REST API to Create Application Link
2. You may find interesting the following KB explaining how to GET and DELETE Application Links via REST API: How to remove Application Link (AppLinks) via REST API
3. Ways to create Application Links programmatically are explained in the following thread:  Can I use Application Links via REST API to connect applications?

Please let me know if this helps or if you have further questions on this topic.

Cheers,
Dario