Jenkins pipeline and JIRA: Add multiple lables to issue

[Adrian Wyssmann]

I have string (comme separated values) of labels which I want to add to an existing issue using jiraEditIssue within a Jenkins pipeline. The labels are defined as follows

jiraLabels = "Label1,Label2,Label3"

So how to I add all lables to the issue

def modIssue = [fields: [
   project: [key: jiraProjectKey],
   labels: [ jiraLabels ]
]]
response = jiraEditIssue idOrKey: currentIssueKey, issue: modIssue

[Adrian Wyssmann · Accepted solution]

Simple solution

String[] myLabels = jiraLabels.split(",")
try {
   def modIssue = [fields: [
      project: [key: jiraProjectKey],
      labels: myLabels
   ]]
response = jiraEditIssue idOrKey: currentIssueKey, issue: modIssue

[Tarun Sapra]

Hello @Adrian Wyssmann

For the labels you might have to use the "add attribute" as it's an array field.

Please see here

{ "update": { "labels": [ {"add": "newlabel"} ] } }

https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/updating-an-issue-via-the-jira-rest-apis-6848604/

[Adrian Wyssmann]

Yeah but I don't use the REST api directly but rather the jenkins plugin.

[sagrawal]

@Adrian Wyssmann  - I am also using the jenkins plugin, but unable to add labels. I am able to add comments to jira but not labels. Not using the rest api. Were you able to solve this issue? @Tarun Sapra  Using Jira Cloud with Jenkins Pipeline, if that makes any difference

[sagrawal]

Here is the code snippet:

stage('jira comment')                {                    steps{                        step([$class: 'hudson.plugins.jira.JiraIssueUpdater',                         issueSelector: [$class: 'hudson.plugins.jira.selector.DefaultIssueSelector'],                         scm: scm,                        labels: ["IN-DEV"]])                    }                }