Can I call a rest api as a specific user in a scripted field?

Matt Leary

Hi,

I'm trying to get git tag information for a ticket and surface that information for JQL queries using scriptrunner scripted fields. My JIRA instance has the add-on "git integration for JIRA" which provides an api to query the tags:

/rest/gitplugin/1.0/issuegitdetails/issue/{issueKey}/tag

I would like to be able to call this as a specific user on the system, but am not sure if this can be done within a scripted field.

What I have so far:

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse
import groovyx.net.http.ContentType
import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder
import groovyx.net.http.Method

def http = new HTTPBuilder("https://my-jira-test-system.com")
try {
    http.get( path : "/rest/gitplugin/1.0/issuegitdetails/issue/${issue.key}/tag" ) { response, reader ->
        assert response instanceof HttpResponse
        log.warn "response status: ${response.statusLine}"
        log.warn "body: ${reader}"
   }
}
catch (e) {
   log.warn e
}

return "git tags here"

How can I update the code above to call the api as a specific user? 

Can I cache the result until an event is fired (a specific workflow transition)?

Thanks,

Matt

somethingblue

Hi Matt,

I would start with Adaptavists documentation on Jelly Migration that has a couple examples where users were authenticated in code.

Next, there are a couple Community posts where I have seen some examples in the past of using the user in the body request:

def body_req = [
 "user": user,
 "jiraTicket":issueID,
    "route":"/resources/text",
 "targetLang":languagesCodes[targetLanguage],
 "reqText":textToTranslate
]

In addition, I have also seen an example in the post Solved: Unable to run a groovy script as a service using script runner:

To run as a script (that saved a a file) in JIRA serivce, you need to authenticate the user that's running the service:

 

def AuthContext=ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext()
AuthContext.setLoggedInUser(user)

 

Good thing is, you don't need to supply the user's password.

Take a look at both of the resources and see which one works for you. 

Cheers,

Branden