How can I set up python code to programmatically pull the comments for all of the Jira Tickets?

Noah F Wilson

I am trying to use a new version of the Jira REST API to pull Jira Issue ID and the comments from the Issue ID using python. 

I have my email and token used for access already.

I am struggling to set up the code correctly to get a positive response and then to also break down the paginated responses into one table.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

pat = "ACCESS TOKEN"

email = "MY@EMAIL"

url = "https://MY_COMPANY.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/search/jql"

auth = HTTPBasicAuth(email, pat)

.... etc

Tomislav Sablic_5hy18z

Hello, here is a working example that you can use:

import requests

from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

JIRA_URL = "Jira URL"

EMAIL = "your_email"

API_TOKEN = "your_api_token"

PROJECT_KEY = "PROJECT"

MAX_RESULTS = 5

auth = HTTPBasicAuth(EMAIL, API_TOKEN)

headers = {"Accept": "application/json"}

def get_latest_issues(project_key, max_results=5):

url = f"{JIRA_URL}/rest/api/3/search/jql"

params = {

"jql": f"project={project_key} ORDER BY created DESC",

"maxResults": max_results,

"fields": "summary"

 }

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, auth=auth, params=params)

response.raise_for_status()

return response.json()["issues"]

def get_issue_comments(issue_key):

url = f"{JIRA_URL}/rest/api/3/issue/{issue_key}/comment"

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, auth=auth)

response.raise_for_status()

return response.json()["comments"]

latest_issues = get_latest_issues(PROJECT_KEY, MAX_RESULTS)

issue_comments = {}

for issue in latest_issues:

key = issue["key"]

comments = get_issue_comments(key)

issue_comments[key] = comments

print(f"Issue: {key}")

for c in comments:

author = c['author']['displayName']

body = ""

if c['body']['content']:

try:

body = c['body']['content'][0]['content'][0]['text']

except (KeyError, IndexError, TypeError):

body = "[Non-standard comment format]"

print(f" Comment by {author}: {body}")