Custom Activity for Activity Stream

Question

I am wondering if I am able to post a custom activity to the activity stream

(e.g. I would like developers to be able post something to the stream when they deploy a new version of the app) NOTE: we don't use atlassian to manage the code just JIRA & Confluence.

Basically I'd just like them to be able to post a 'status update' of sorts that can appear in the activity stream.

Paul Greig · Answer

Hi Ryan,

There is one outside-of-the-box solution available.  JIRA instances can be updated via REST API.  You could have a program/interface available to your users using the API to send 'status updates'/comments to an open issue in a 'Updates' project.

You could then have a separate 'Activity Stream' that only monitors the 'Updates' project.

For more details on the JIRA REST API feel free to check out:

https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+API+Tutorials

Cheers,

Paul

Timothy · Answer

Sorry. The answer is still no. Activity stream picks things from issues.

Ryan Briggs · Answer

Sorry I didn't mean I wanted to customise JIRA OnDemand, I was more meaning is there a way to post something directly to the activity stream without it being an activity with a issue, etc.

E.g. like posting a status update to facebook