Jira automation > send email > send release notes

[Jerry]

Hi

When sending an email in automation,
How can I send "Releases > version > related work > Release Notes"?

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Jerry -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

That is not possible at this time.

The REST API functions for project versions do not return the notes (and so rules cannot see them), and there is no direct URL to access them (as a work-around). 

There is a very old suggestion to add a direct URL for accessing them but none to add them to rules: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSWCLOUD-25642

Kind regards,
Bill

[Jerry]

Thank you for your kind reply!!

[Diana C]

We now have the ability to pull the "Related work" section via API calls, including the "Communication" links: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-project-versions/#api-rest-api-3-version-id-relatedwork-get 

I'm still playing with this on my end to see if I can pull that information into a Jira automation to send in an email.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi, and thanks for that information, @Diana C 

It does appear that endpoint returns the URLs for some of the related work information, but it only returns a title and category for release notes (i.e., no content).

If you want to try pulling the other information into an automation rule, please see this how-to article for calling a REST API endpoint using the Send Web Request action: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Automation-for-Jira-Send-web-request-using-Jira-REST-API/ba-p/1443828

Kind regards,
Bill