How to get only the key from groovy when running .getCustomFieldValue()

Question

Hi All,

I've  a groovyscript where i want to find an objectID of a field from inside. It succeeds partially.

i use:

def app_newcustomField = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObject("customfield_14100");
def app_newValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(app_newcustomField);

And as result i get :

app_newValue = [Interne Test apparaat (DM-453739)]

I only want the Key DM-453739 and not also the label.

Can somebody help me with the right notation to get it?

Thx

Florian Bonniec · Accepted Answer

Hi @Ron Lambregts

I guess you are using a field that is not a standard type field.

First, do you expect 1 or multiple values ?

If only one you can get rig of the [ ] using first() fucntion.

def app_newcustomField = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager().getCustomFieldObject("customfield_14100");
def app_newValue = issue.getCustomFieldValue(app_newcustomField)?.first();

Then you can use a regex to get what is between the ().

Regex is (?<=$)(.*?)(?=$)

The code should be something like

app_newValue =  (app_newValue =~ / (?<=$)(.*?)(?=$)/)[ 0 ]​[ 1 ]

You may have to add some code to validate there is something that have match