How can we create JIRA project shortcuts via API?

Question

Hi!

We are working into automating JIRA project creation. One of the steps is adding shortcuts to the JIRA project (such as the Confluence page, the Bitbucket project, relevant other resources, etc.)

We have not found how to do it.

Is there any API call or indirect method to do so?

Thanks!

Olexandr Polinkevych · Answer

Honestly speaking i don't know clear way to do it, but personally i just explore ajax calls using web tools provided by google chrome

jensen jen · Answer

We are doing into automating JIRA project creation too, and this is very useful for us.By the way,how to find out the private API usage instructions?

Olexandr Polinkevych · Answer

There is no public api for now but i've found private one and it works just fine. Here is an example of ajax call:

AJS.$.ajax({url: 'http://jiraexample.com/rest/projects/1.0/project/TEST/shortcut',
type: 'POST',
contentType: "application/json",
data: JSON.stringify({
icon: "",
name: "confluenceURL",
url: "http://confluenceexample.com"
})
})