How do I access jira rest api from within bamboo task plugin?

[Casey Harford]

What is the best way to access the jira rest api, from within the Bamboo task plugin? I have an application link setup, but when I try to use something like:

input = new URL(url + "/rest/api/latest/search/?jql=" + jql).openStream();
			reader = new InputStreamReader(input, "UTF-8");
	   		data = new Gson().fromJson(reader, JiraData.class);

There's authentication issues. What's the best method to handle something like this? I'm trying to create an issue through the rest api. I have been able to create an issue through the rest api using just a regular shell script, with basic authentication, but in this case, i'm trying to use the application link authorization in Bamboo.

[PiotrA · Accepted solution]

Hey Casey,

Maybe you could use http://docs.atlassian.com/bamboo/4.3/com/atlassian/bamboo/jira/rest/JiraRestService.html to do that? You would need to inject the JiraRestService into your task somehow, and pass there ApplicationLink to your JIRA as well. Then you could execute something like:

JiraRestResponse response = jiraRestService.doRestCallViaApplink(applicationLink, "rest/api/latest/search/?jql="+jql, GET, null);
data = new Gson().fromJson(wrapIntoReader(response.body), JiraData.class);

I think to retrieve the list of app-linked JIRAs you can use http://docs.atlassian.com/bamboo/4.3/com/atlassian/bamboo/applinks/JiraApplinksService.html

Is that helpful?

[Casey Harford]

According to the pom.xml, it's 4.2.2. I noticed the api link you sent is for 4.3. I tried updating the pom, but it can't find the updated version in the sdk repo.

Here's the relevant portion of my pom.xml:

...

<properties>

<bamboo.version>3.2.2</bamboo.version>

<bamboo.data.version>3.2.2</bamboo.data.version>

<amps.version>4.1.2</amps.version>

</properties>

...

<dependency>

<groupId>com.atlassian.bamboo</groupId>

<artifactId>atlassian-bamboo-web</artifactId>

<version>${bamboo.version}</version>

<scope>provided</scope>

</dependency>

...

[Casey Harford]

Hi Piotr,

Thank you very much, that info looks to be exactly what I need. However, i'm having a dependency issue. I can't get the JiraRestService import to work. I'm using something like:

import com.atlassian.bamboo.jira.rest.JiraRestService;

But it is unresolved. Any ideas?

[PiotrA]

Which Bamboo version are you writing your task plugin against?

[Casey Harford]

In line 2 of your example, where does the wrapIntoReader method come from?

[Casey Harford]

I just answererd my question myself. Looks like I was actually using 3.2.2 Ha, I changed it to 4.2.2, and did atlas-mvn eclipse:eclipse, and now the dependency is resolved. Thanks for your help.

[PiotrA]

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[PiotrA]

You must write it. I assume that you want to convert the response from JIRA into some JiraData class (I don't know what that is). So probably you will need to convert+adjust JiraRestReponse.body (which is String I presume) into some StreamInputReader, or Json object - dunno. But I'm pretty sure that you will manage to figure that out. :)

[Casey Harford]

Ok that makes sense. I'm now having issues running the plugin in Bamboo. In eclipse, the import shows as valid, there arn't any errors. But when I try to install plugin into bamboo, I get an error about a unique bean not being found for the JiraRestService. I tried adding a component-import to my atlassian-plugin.xml, but that did not resolve the issue. I have the following in my atlassian xml file:

<component-import key="jira-rest-service" name="Jira Rest Service" interface="com.atlassian.bamboo.jira.rest.JiraRestService">

<description>Jira rest service stuff</description>

</component-import>

With the above in my xml, it still doesn't work. Instead it gives me the error:

[OsgiPlugin] Never resolved service '&jira-rest-service' for plugin 'com.build.bamboo.plugins.VeracodePlugin' with filter (objectClass=com.atlassian.bamboo.jira.rest.JiraRestService)

Any ideas why this wouldn't work?

[PiotrA]

Which "pluginsVersion" are you using? 2? (in atlassian-plugin.xml) If so, can you temporarily switch to 1? (note: that way you would have to restart Bamboo to install that plugin).

I'm thinking that maybe we didn't expose yet the JiraRestService to the plugins of version 2...

[Casey Harford]

I tried changing the version to 1, and then did an "atlas-clean" followed by atlas-run, and ended up with several stack traces, resulting in Bamboo not being able to start. Switching back the verison, and running the atlas-clean + atlas-run, enabled Bamboo to run again.

I'm wondering how the Jira Plugin that ships with Bamboo handles this. Any idea where the source is for that?

[PiotrA]

I think the bamboo-to-jira integration code is shipped together with Bamboo source. Do you have access to it? AFAK it comes with the more expensive licenses...

[Yann Augustin]

Hello,

I am new in Bamboo plugin dev and I can not figure our how I can get the "applicationLink".

How do we use the JiraApplinksService ?

Best regards

[PiotrA]

Hi Yann,

What are you trying to achieve?

Actually I think it could be a better idea to raise a new question here on answers.atlassian.com, than trying to continue discussion here via comments... wouldn't it?

cheers,

[Yann Augustin]

Ok sorry.

I will create a new question.

Best regards

[PiotrA]

No problem. Just remember to mark it with bamboo-plugin-development tag :)

[Casey Harford]

Yes, I have acces. I will take a look. Thank you for your help!

[PiotrA]

CreateNewJiraIssueAction.java might be a good starting point for you then.