How can I use Groovy Script to get an issue id in a post function? issue.getId() returns null

[Patrick S]

I'm sure I'm overlooking something simple, as getId() seems to be exactly what I should need.  I've tried issue.getID(), getKey(), etc, to no avail.

import groovy.sql.Sql
import java.sql.Driver
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.Issue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.ModifiedValue
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.util.DefaultIssueChangeHolder
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor

/* I've tried with and without this declaration as well
Issue issue = issue
*/

// All of these return null.  I need to retrieve the id for use in a SQL query later in the script.
log.error("id: " + issue.getId())          // returns null
log.error("key: " + issue.getKey())        // returns null
log.error("number: " + issue.getNumber())  // returns null
log.error("issue: " + issue)               // returns the Summary field of the issue

Log results

2017-04-06 15:07:37,332 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: id: null
2017-04-06 15:07:37,332 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: key: null
2017-04-06 15:07:37,332 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: number: null
2017-04-06 15:07:37,332 ERROR [workflow.ScriptWorkflowFunction]: issue: sdfsadfasd

[Patrick S · Accepted solution]

I'm an idiot.  The reason it was returning null is because the Custom Script post-function was being called before the "Creates the issue originally" post-function.  Re-ordering the post-function calls resolved this.

Hopefully this saves someone else some time in the future.

[smetannikov]

Hi, Patrick!

Please tell me how you did it:

"Re-ordering the post-function calls"

?

Thank!

[Patrick S]

@smetannikov,

In the workflow that called the script, I had to move the "ScriptRunner workflow function" to be after the "Creates issue initially" step.  This makes sense, the ID would be null because the issue doesn't exist yet.

 See screenshot of the Workflow post function order below.

[smetannikov]

Patrick, thanks!

It's really very very simple)

[Arjun Hazari]

This was really helpful I finally retrived the project key from this

log.error("Project Key:" + issue.getProjectObject().getKey() ) 

[Benjamin Horst]

It took me a few seconds before I upvoted an answer that stated "I am an idiot" :)

[Patrick S]

I'll start answering more of my own questions with that, and no further explanation, to remove any doubt that it's true.