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How to manage Jira issues (create, edit, comment etc) programmatically

George Makos

Hi there!

I'm new to Jira Development and I'm a bit confused on how can I manage Jira issues programmatically.

My goal is to create a windows application (prefferably using microsoft tools -C#/VB.NET etc-) with the functionality of creating and editing a Jira issue.

I've searched for possible solutions but couldn't find something suitable to my requirements.

So if there is any link for guides or tutorials regarding issue management through code, I would appreciate it if you could let me know..

Thanks in advance

George

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Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]

Checkout https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+RPC+Services

REST is the preferred way as it is improving lot in the later/upcoming versions. JIRA 5.0 has big improvements with REST.

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]

REST is not supported for creat/update/delete in 4.1. You might want to look at SOAP.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Yes, but it's not as advanced as Jira 5.0.

George Makos

i forgot to mention that in my company we use Jira v4.1

Is REST applicable to this version?

Joe Clark

Interacting with the JIRA SOAP services via C# is pretty straight-forward. The one important "trick for beginners" to note is that the WSDL file generated by JIRA is incompatible with the .NET WCF Client in .NET 3.0 and greater. To successfully generate client classes for .NET you need to use the older .NET 2.0 wsdl generator (in Visual Studio that's a "Web Reference" rather than a "Service Reference", or using the command line wsdl.exe tool).

For a leg-up on building out the client classes, have a look at https://bitbucket.org/farmas/atlassian.net-sdk/wiki/Home and https://bitbucket.org/MikeJansen/jirarestclient.net/wiki/Home

George Makos

thanks for your reply Joseph

i'll checkout the links you posted (and probably return with more questions )

George

FedericoA

In addition to the .NET SDK that Joseph mentions above, you might also find this useful: https://bitbucket.org/farmas/jiratrayapp. It is a windows tray application to create JIRA issues (written in C#).

- Federico

Alex Kersha

VB.Net methods (Don't forget that JIRA is a case sensitive instance and the JIRA issue key MUST be upper cased when using methods)

This should get you started

'JIRA specific variables
    Private JiraSoapService As New JiraSoapServiceService
    Public JIRA_token As String = ""
    Public JIRA_userName As String = ""
    Public JIRA_password As String = ""
    Public JIRA_status As String = ""
    Public JIRA_key As String = ""
    Private Const JIRA_ProjectStr = "TECH"

'JIRA specific functions and Subs
    'Connect & login
    Sub JIRA_Connect()
        JIRA_token = JiraSoapService.login(JIRA_userName, JIRA_password)
    End Sub
    'LOGOUT
    Sub JiraLogout(ByVal JIRA_userName As String)
        Try
            JiraSoapService.logout(JIRA_userName)
        Catch ex As Exception
            'Nothing to do if there is an error.
            'Maybe the user is already disconnected because of the session timeout.
        End Try
    End Sub
    'Return a JIRA issue by ID
    Function JIRA_getIssue(ByVal issueKey As String)
        Dim theJiraIssue As RemoteIssue
        Dim theJiraProject As RemoteProject
        Dim remoteUser As RemoteUser = JiraSoapService.getUser(JIRA_token, JIRA_userName.ToLower())

        If Trim(remoteUser.name) <> "" Then
            'Set the JIRA project type
            theJiraProject = JiraSoapService.getProjectByKey(JIRA_token, "TECH")
            'Get the Issue structure
            theJiraIssue = JiraSoapService.getIssue(JIRA_token, issueKey.ToUpper)
            JIRA_key = theJiraIssue.key
            'Set the status string
            For Each remoteStatus As RemoteStatus In JiraSoapService.getStatuses(JIRA_token)
                If remoteStatus.id = theJiraIssue.status Then
                    JIRA_status = remoteStatus.name
                End If
            Next
            Return theJiraIssue

        Else : Return vbNull

        End If

    End Function

Alex Kersha

Here's a method for adding a comment:

Private Sub butSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles butSave.Click
        Dim theComment As New RemoteComment

        Try
            theComment.author = theUser
            theComment.body = tbComment.Text
            theComment.created = Date.Now

            JIRA_setIssueComment(theComment)

            theSubmitResult = 1
            Me.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK
        Catch ex As Exception
            MsgBox(ex.Message, , "Error saving comment")
            theSubmitResult = 3
            Me.DialogResult = DialogResult.Abort
        End Try

    End Sub

'Add comment to JIRA issue
    Sub JIRA_setIssueComment(ByVal theComment As RemoteComment)
        JiraSoapService.addComment(JIRA_token, JIRA_key, theComment)
    End Sub

Renjith Pillai

As far as I undertand about using SOAP using Visual Studio C# (with any version for that matter), do an auto generation of code by importing the WSDL from your local jira or even one of the publich JIRA instances (same version) and directly using the generated classes. I have no clue about atlassian.jira.dll, I have not used it.

And if you business logic requires that you trigger JIRA, then SOAP or REST is fine. But if you need JIRA to trigger you, either you should write a plugin, or use the latest method of Webhooks (in labs) which can trigger you via JSON data during issue changes.

And regarding, when/how you write a plugin, read https://developer.atlassian.com/display/HOME/Welcome

Praveen13

Renjith,

What do you mean by "do an auto generation of code by importing the WSDL from your local jira or even one of the publich JIRA instances (same version) and directly using the generated classes." How can I do that?

Regards

Praveen.

Renjith Pillai

Praveen, check http://lmgtfy.com/?q=access+a+web+service+visual+studio+wsdl

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