get attachment file with c#

[Kevin Mauriello]

I have been unable to find a method of retrieving a JIRA attachment using the REST API.  So I am wondering if there might be a c# method to retrieve attachments.  Is there a .NET API available for Jira?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

JIRA provides a REST API for external systems to talk to it.

c#, .net, java, ook, tcl - the language you are using is totally irrelevant.  The REST API lets you fetch attachments in any language, as long as they can call https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/cloud/#api/2/attachment-getAttachment

[Kevin Mauriello]

Unfortunately, that gives me all the information about the attachment, not the actual attachment file.  I am looking for a solution where I can make a rest call to retrieve the file itself or the binary data of the file.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Not read the "including the URI of the actual attached file" bit of the doc then?

[Kevin Mauriello]

Yes, the attachment meta has the URI of the file, however, in this implementation ServiceNow is running in the cloud and does not have access to the URI location.  So, again, I am looking for a solution where I make a call to JIRA and receive the baseencoded64 string in the REST payload.  It is actually amazing to me that JIRA/webhooks does not have the ability to send the actual file.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

You make the "request" by retrieving the URI.  Why can't ServiceNow do that?  It's a simple, basic function used everywhere else.

[Kevin Mauriello]

Not if it does not have security access to the location

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

That's noting to do with JIRA, you need to fix your security setup.