how to use python for bulk link removal on jira?

Ahsan Ahmed_n4j6oj

Can somebody please share a sample of python script on how to perform bulk removal of links in Jira. 

Mauricio Karas

Hello there, Ahsan!

If you're talking about removing issue links, you can use the following Python script that uses the "requests" library.

import requests

base_url = "<base_url>"

delete_link = "/rest/api/2/issueLink/{0}"

jql = "project=<project_name>" # You can use any jql you want to get the issues.
jql_search_issues = "/rest/api/2/search?jql={0}".format(jql)

issues = requests.get(base_url+jql_search_issues, auth=('user', 'pass')).json()

issue_links = [[link['id'] for link in issue['fields']['issuelinks']] for issue in issues['issues']]

for links in issue_links:
if len(links) != 0:
for link_id in links:
            delete = requests.delete(base_url+delete_link.format(link_id), auth=('user', 'pass'))
print(delete.status_code, delete.content)

The script gets a list of issues based on a JQL, then it deletes all issue links from those issues.

Let me know if you have any questions.