Write Issues to JIRA backlog board using Python

Question

I currently have an excel containing Issue summary, issue description which I've stored in a Python dataframe. Is it possible to write the rows of this dataframe (basically the rows in the excel) into the backlog board??

For instance: My current project backlog issues are 26. And I've 7 more issues that I need to add to the board.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Pranay

Pranay Verma · Answer

Hi @jira guy ,

At the moment it's only 7, it'll get increased every week, since the primary use will be to run the script once every two weeks, to update the board. As I've already mentioned, the data is already in a dataframe. I've read some documentation about jira.create_issue, but I just need to know whether this is achievable or not. If yes then could you help with that.

Thanks and regards,

Pranay

jira guy_ymfmzd · Answer

If it's only 7 issues. Why can't you just do a csv import?

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver082/importing-data-from-csv-974356575.html

If you really want to use python, read the file and call JIRA rest api to create new issues. No point in doing all this. Just use the above method.