JIRA Service user

[Tom Lister]

Hi

I've been asked to build a service to automatically create issues.

I've found that services run as an anonymous user and I get the error "Anonymous users do not have permission to create issues in this project" when executing issueService.validateCreate(user, issueInputParameters);

How can I run the service as a user with permission to create issues?

Tom

[Pedro Cora · Accepted solution]

You will need to use a valid username and password. JIRA does not have the concept of Service User, so you need to supply your code with valid credentials.

;)

[Tom Lister]

thanks

a combination of the following has removed the user error

import com.atlassian.crowd.embedded.api.User;
User user = ComponentAccessor.getUserManager().getUserObject("admin");
componentManager.getJiraAuthenticationContext().setLoggedInUser(user);

[Alexey_Rjeutski__Polontech_]

Please use such approach only in services. There is potential security vulnerability if you use that kind of methodology for logged users in listeners for example. If the request is hanged - user will receive the administrative priviledge. Also don't forget to clear up user after execution - just in case.