Setting the Reporter for the ServiceDesk via the API

Dean van Rooyen

Hello,

We have custom forms built in our applications which we link to JIRA ServiceDesks issues via the API.

I have 2 questions relating to this:

1. The user is logged into the app so we know their FirstName,LastName and email address. Is there a way that, if we match their email within JIRA then we set the reporter to that user within the issue?

2. If the user is not matched via email address, is there a way to create a customer account within JIRA via the API which will then set the reporter to the user logging an issue via the application form?

Keri

Hey Dan,

 

Thanks for reaching out to the Atlassian Community!

 

You can call the CreateCustomer REST API end point with the customers email address. If this returns back 400 then the customer already exists, or there is a problem with the email address.  If it doesn’t exist it will create a new customer:

https://docs.atlassian.com/jira-servicedesk/REST/3.6.2/#servicedeskapi/customer-createCustomer

 

You’ll want to make sure that you do some email validation before calling this end point.

 

Once you’ve created the customer, you may need to add them to the Service Desk, depending on your current customer sharing settings. https://docs.atlassian.com/jira-servicedesk/REST/3.6.2/#servicedeskapi/servicedesk/{serviceDeskId}/customer

 

You can then raise a request on behalf of the user: createCustomerRequest https://docs.atlassian.com/jira-servicedesk/REST/3.6.2/#servicedeskapi/request-createCustomerRequest

 

Hope this helps!

 

Cheers,

Keri