Creating subtask using java rest api client

Question

Hi All,

I am working on a requirement where I have to create an issue and multiple sub task for that issue using java rest client for jira.

when I am trying to create an issue using sub-task issue type id, it is giving me error that parent Id or key not mentioned.

I am using JIRA Rest API v5.1.0, but in the Inputbuilder class, there is no option to state the parent key or id.

Can anybody please help?

P.S : Due to confidentiality constraint, I cannot copy my code here. Any help would be highly appreciated.

unknown · Answer

Here's a (non-performant) snippet showing how to create an epic and then make a subtask for it: import java.io.IOException; import java.net.URI; import java.net.URISyntaxException; import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.JiraRestClient; import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.BasicIssue; import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.input.ComplexIssueInputFieldValue; import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.input.IssueInput; import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.api.domain.input.IssueInputBuilder; import com.atlassian.jira.rest.client.internal.async.AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory; public class Application { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, URISyntaxException { final AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory factory = new AsynchronousJiraRestClientFactory(); URI jiraServerUri = new URI("my jira base url"); final JiraRestClient restClient = factory.createWithBasicHttpAuthentication(jiraServerUri, "username", "password"); try { IssueInput epicInput = new IssueInputBuilder()// .setProjectKey("Project Key")// .setIssueTypeId(36L)// .setSummary("Epic W/Rest API")// .setDescription("my epic description")// .build(); BasicIssue epicIssue = restClient.getIssueClient().createIssue(epicInput).claim(); IssueInput subTaskInput = new IssueInputBuilder()// .setProjectKey("Project Key")// .setIssueTypeId(5L)// .setSummary("Subtask W/Rest API")// .setDescription("my subtask description")// .setFieldValue("parent", ComplexIssueInputFieldValue.with("key", epicIssue.getKey()))// .build(); restClient.getIssueClient().createIssue(subTaskInput); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { restClient.close(); } } } you can query things like id of subtask issue type etc by getting ${base jira url}/rest/api/2/issue/createmeta you'll need the following dependencies: com.atlassian.jira jira-rest-java-client-app 5.2.1 io.atlassian.fugue fugue 4.7.2 provided and the following repository connections: atlassian-public https://m2proxy.atlassian.com/repository/public true daily warn true warn atlassian-public https://m2proxy.atlassian.com/repository/public true warn warn

Yufei_Gong__US_-_ADVS_ · Answer

Hi @samkit jain

I am meeting the same issue here, Could you please share a sample of data you put in this ComplexIssueInutFieldValue type? thx.

samkit jain_5106rc · Answer

Hi @Tarun Sapra ,

I cannot share the code due to client confidentiality agreement. However I was able to resolve the error.

following thing worked for me:

While creating IssueInputBuilder Object for Subtask issue, I set a parameter name FieldInput.

FieldInput fi = new FieldInput("parent", Object)

This Object is a ComplexIssueInputFieldValue type.