Creating an issue with default assignee currentUser()

Question

Hello,

how to assign my user as assignee with a function?

'{ "fields": { "project": { "key": "AUTOMAT" }, "summary": "REST ye merry gentlemen.", "assignee":{"name":currentUser()} , "description": "Creating of an issue using project keys and issue type names using the REST API", "issuetype": { "name": "Aufgabe" } } } '

error:

400 : {"errorMessages":["Unexpected character ('c' (code 99)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null')
 at [Source: org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteInputStream@b4699d9; line: 1, column: 111]"]}

thanks

Andreas

Andreas Wohlmuth · Answer

Hi Evgeniy,

thanks for hint currentUser().username

Hi, Tansu,

I am using Delphi to connect and will check Delphi lib for similar getJiraAuthenticationContext

client_post := TRESTClient.Create(nil);

....

body_s:= text.Text.Replace(''#$D#$A'','
') ;

request_post.Method := TRESTRequestMethod.rmPost;
request_post.Resource := '/rest/api/2/issue';
request_post.AddBody(body_s, ctAPPLICATION_JSON);

request_post.Execute;

many thanks for help

Andreas

Evgenii · Answer

Hi, @Andreas Wohlmuth 
If I understood right, you're using REST API to set assignee.

You need to use username, as value for "name". But you're trying to use currentUser() which is internal function of Jira, and returns user as whole object.

I'd check currentUser().username but I'm not sure that it'll work. It needs to be tested

Tansu Akdeniz · Answer

Hi @Andreas Wohlmuth

From where do you trigger this web request? Groovy script? Automation?

Ex script to get currentUser:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
def currentUser = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser()

After getting the user object, you can provide required attribute as a parameter (considering escape characters) to JSON.