Is it possible to use cURL for project creation and custom field modification in JIRA?

Question

I have a requirement to integrate project creation or custom field manipulation with a tool we are developing internally, which will ensure that the end user is able to click a button and achieve these tasks.

To do so we need to write API calls, preferably cURL in the background which can connect to JIRA and do this task?

RG · Answer

What about this?

https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/7.1.7/#api/2/project-createProject

Jakub Pierzchała · Answer

Hi Mansi,

As far as I know, creating projects is not possible from REST API but it is possible from Soap. You need to make SOAP request from cURL:

http://dasunhegoda.com/make-soap-request-command-line-curl/596/

The use Soap request to create project:

https://docs.atlassian.com/rpc-jira-plugin/latest/com/atlassian/jira/rpc/soap/JiraSoapService.html#createProject%28java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20com.atlassian.jira.rpc.soap.beans.RemotePermissionScheme,%20com.atlassian.jira.rpc.soap.beans.RemoteScheme,%20com.atlassian.jira.rpc.soap.beans.RemoteScheme%29

Custom field manipulation is easier as this can be done through REST. More here:

https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-edit-issues