Get last added attachment to issue using smart values

Question

Hi,

Just as in this topic [Automation for Jira] Get last added attachment to... (atlassian.com) I want to access the last attachment added to the issue in order to send its content to another webservice.

My current automation has a trigger of "attachment added", then I capture the attachment.last.content and send it with the "web request" action.

Unfortunately, it seems like the "attachments" array of the issue is not ordered by "creation date" but alphabetically.

How to capture the last attachment added to the issue? this is very troublesome.

Antoine _Klee Group_ · Answer

@Sidharth verma it's tricky but you need to get the larger attachement ID from the list, because the attachement ID is incremental. Then somehow reconstruct the content URL leading to this attachement. Note that if two attachments are added mostly at the same time, this might not work…

Another "solution" is to use the "webhook" feature from Jira. Triggered on the "attachement created" event. This webhook can then be connected to a Jira automation with the "incoming webhook" trigger. All details regarding the attachment are within the request's body.
Two major dark points regarding this technique is that you kind of need to make an external request (that's not a localhost request) AND the worst one, those webhook do not require any sort of identification so a malicious person could technically send a mockup request to this "incoming webook" Atlassian generated URL.

But it works :)

Sidharth verma_cfm03m · Answer

Is their a solution without a scriptrunner or any marketplace app

Anthony Morais · Answer

Hi @Antoine _Klee Group_

In this topic it seems that there is a solution with Scriptrunner.

I hope it helps!

Regards,

Anthony