JIRA - Groovy - Remove User from Wachtlist

[Antonio D'Errico]

Hello,

in JIRA 7 i have a Groovy-Script which add a user to the watchlist after a transition.

now i want to remove this user after a transition from the watchlist.

here is the "add-user to watchlist-script":

def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()
def userManager = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager()
def watchUsers = {usernames ->
usernames.each {
def user = userManager.getUserByKey(it.toString())
watcherManager.startWatching(user, issue)
}
}

def users = ["hrconfidential"]
watchUsers(users)

what is the way back?

[Tarun Sapra]

In the watcherManager there is a function, which should do the trick.

@Nonnull public Collection<Issue> stopWatching (ApplicationUser user, Collection<Issue> issues, Context taskContext)

[Antonio D'Errico]

it does not work

org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed:
file:/data/jira/home/groovyscripts/removehr.groovy: 1: You defined a method without body. Try adding a body, or declare it abstract. at line: 1 column: 1. File: file:/data/jira/home/groovyscripts/removehr.groovy @ line 1, column 1.
public Collection<Issue> stopWatching (ApplicationUser user, Collection<Issue> issues, Context taskContext)
^

1 error

[Tarun Sapra]

I shared only the method declaration , you have to invoke the method with required parameters.

[Jonny Carter]

@Tarun Sapra is almost there, though I think I'd use the method signature that doesn't take a Context parameter.

Assuming your current code works, you could reuse it almost verbatim.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor


def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()
def userManager = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager()
def stopWatch = {usernames ->
  usernames.each {
    def user = userManager.getUserByName(it.toString())
    watcherManager.stopWatching(user, issue)
  }
}
 
def users = ["hrconfidential"]
stopWatch(users)

Pedantic code style note: I'm assuming that you actually have a whole list of users, which is why you're bothering to put "hrconfidential" inside of a list. If not, you could save yourself the closure and .each iteration and just call startWatching and stopWatching on a string variable.

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
 
def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()
def userManager = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager()
def userName = "hrconfidential"
def user = userManager.getUserByName(userName)
watcherManager.stopWatching(user, issue)

[Antonio D'Errico]

thank you for your reply.

yes ur right it is only one user i want to remove from the watchlist.

i tried your code but a new error occurs:

2016-08-10 16:07:16,412 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: ************************************************************************************* 2016-08-10 16:07:16,412 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: Script function failed on issue: TS-7806, actionId: 41, file: /data/jira/home/groovyscripts/removehr.groovy groovy.lang.MissingPropertyException: No such property: ComponentAccessor for class: removehr at removehr.run(removehr.groovy:1)

[Tarun Sapra]

Have you imported the ComponenttAccessor class?

[Antonio D'Errico]

sorry ur right. here is now the script.

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.comments.CommentManager

import com.atlassian.jira.issue.CustomFieldManager

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;

import com.atlassian.jira.user.*;

def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()

def userManager = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager()

def userName = "hrconfidential"

def user = userManager.getUserByKey(userName)

watcherManager.stopWatching(user, issue)

 but now no error occurs and the user is still in the watchlist.

[Tarun Sapra]

def user = userManager.getUserByKey(userName) change it to

 def user = userManager.getUserByName(userName)

[Tarun Sapra]

For error you have to see the log files.

[Tarun Sapra]

Also import  watcherManager

[Jonny Carter]

I updated the script in my answer with those method names and imports. You shouldn't need to import the watcherManager since you're getting it via ComponentAccessor, unless you do a type declaration.

[Antonio D'Errico]

there is no error but it does not work.

[Tarun Sapra]

Did you see the log files? atlassian-jira.log?

[Antonio D'Errico]

yes there is an error ur right

2016-08-11 09:52:27,445 http-nio-9001-exec-16 ERROR ad 592x433x1 19sqanc 172.16.177.197,10.0.0.63 /secure/WorkflowUIDispatcher.jspa [c.a.j.issue.watchers.DefaultWatcherManager] You must specify a user.

[Antonio D'Errico]

ok now i now why the last error occurs.

i have define the displayname and not the username of that user.

with this script no error occurs but it does not work:

import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
def watcherManager = ComponentAccessor.getWatcherManager()
def userManager = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager()
def userName = "hrconfidential"
def user = userManager.getUserByName(userName)
watcherManager.stopWatching(user, issue)

[Tarun Sapra]

Add proper logging and print the user object and what line of the script is showing the error?

[Tarun Sapra]

put the post-function in the end of the list of post transition operations