How to attach files to jira issues using JIRA REST module in powershell

Question

I am trying to attach a txt file from my local computer to Jira issue using Invoke-Restmethod and i am getting following error

Invoke-RestMethod : The remote server returned an error: (415) Unsupported Media Type.
At C:\scripts\jira4.ps1:30 char:15
+ $newstatus = Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType "tex ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-RestMethod], WebException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeRestMethodCommand

I am using following command to run it

$newstatus = Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Headers $headers -ContentType "text/html;charset=UTF-8" -InFile $ticketfile -uri "$target/rest/api/2/issue/$key/attachments"

No matter what i change for "Contenttype" i still get the same error.

Rajiv Sharma_asvo71 · Answer

thanks for your help

I will try reaching dev community.

Maarten Cautreels · Answer

Hi Rajiv,

Unfortunately I don't have too much experience with the REST API.

According to the docs: Returned if the requested issue is not found, the user does not have permission to view it, or if the attachments exceeds the maximum configured attachment size.

A 302 unfortunately is not documented but could be returned by either the apache, nginx or in your case BigIP, your load balancer, in front of JIRA.

So maybe look into that or head over to the Developer Community as it contains more technical experienced Atlassian Users and Developers. :-)

Sorry I couldn't help.

Best,

Maarten

Rajiv Sharma_asvo71 · Answer

Even when i use curl command i get following response but nothing attached to my jira task

PS C:\Users\rajiv.sharma> curl -D- -u admin:admin -X POST -H "X-Atlassian-Token: no-check" -F "file=@c:\scripts\myfile.txt" http://jira/rest/api/2/issue/key/attachments
HTTP/1.0 302 Found
Location: https://jira/rest/api/2/issue/key/attachments
Server: BigIP
Connection: Keep-Alive
Content-Length: 0