Using IFTTT and Velocity to Create bulk JIRA issues by iterating over a comma separated list

John Hamilton_4jvlrn

I'm using Confiforms to try and build a WebService Request to try and create a set of tasks based on the number of items that the user supplies into a Text field.  The Text field format should be a comma separated list, and is stored in "TestScriptsToRun".

I have all the linkages working, and am able to submit single creates, but I can't get the bulk to work...

Here's my code. 

{
    "issueUpdates":[
	
	#set($TSToRun = "[entry.TestScriptsToRun.split(,).toArray(')]")
	#foreach ($script in $TSToRun)
    {
	  "fields": {
         "project":
         {
            "key": "PRJT"
         },
         "summary": "Run $script for [entry.SourceStory.key]",
	     "components": [{"name": "Software"}],
         "description": "\n\n**Automatically Generated from Confluence**\n\n",
	     "labels": [ "AutomatedTask" ],
         "issuetype": {
            "name": "Story"
         }
      }
	  #if($script != $TSToRun.get())
	},
	  #end
	#end

	}

  ]
}

Here is the error I receive.

• Requested to https://<serveraddress>/rest/api/2/issue/bulk has resulted in an error. Response code = 400 (method ='POST'). Response contents: {"errorMessages":["Unexpected close marker '}': expected ']' (for ARRAY starting at [Source: org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteInputStream@13dc366; line: 2, column: 4])\n at [Source: org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteInputStream@13dc366; line: 5, column: 3]"]}

Thanks for your help!

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_

Hi @John Hamilton and welcome to this community

In ConfiForms the template are processed as follows:

1. Evaluated as Velocity template 
2. Processed for [entry.field_name] notations and expressions

In other words the

#set($TSToRun = "[entry.TestScriptsToRun.split(,).toArray(')]")

Does not get the value from TestScriptsToRun field when this is processed as a Velocity template

Alex