Jira issue creation via REST API | python code to create a jira issue #jira #restapi

The Jira REST APIs are used to interact with the Jira Server applications remotely, for example, when configuring webhooks. The Jira Server platform provides the REST API for common features, like issues and workflows.

To get started, read the reference documentation: Jira Server platform REST API.

The Jira Software and Jira Service Management applications have REST APIs for their application-specific features, like sprints (Jira Software) or customer requests (Jira Service Management).

Jira Software Server REST API
Jira Service Management Server REST API
If you haven't used the Jira REST APIs before, make sure you read the Atlassian REST API policy.

The Jira Server platform REST API resources are also documented in this WADL file: jira-rest-plugin.wadl.

Authentication and authorization
Authentication. The following authentication methods are supported for the Jira REST APIs:
OAuth 1.0a
Basic authentication
Authorization is based on the user used in the authentication process when you call the Jira REST APIs.
For more information on authentication and authorization, read the Security overview.

You can also set up Personal Access Tokens (PAT) to authenticate Jira REST API calls. These tokens can be created through the REST API, and easily revoked as needed.

For more information, see Using Personal Access Tokens.

URI structure
Jira REST APIs provide access to resources (that is, data entities) via URI paths. To use a REST API, your application makes an HTTP request and parse the response.


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import requests

# Replace these with your Jira instance URL and API credentials
jira_url = "your-url"
api_username = "your-user-name"
api_password = "your-password"

# Define the issue details
issue_data = (
"{"
'"fields": {'
'"project": {'
'"key": "your project key"'
"},"
'"summary": "Test issue Live",'
'"description": "This is an example issue created via the Jira REST API",'
'"issuetype": {'
'"name": "Task"'
"}"
"}"
"}"
)

# Make a POST request to create the issue
response = requests.post(
f"{jira_url}/rest/api/2/issue",
auth=(api_username, api_password),
headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
data=issue_data.encode("utf-8")
)

# Check if the request was successful
if response.status_code == 201:
# Parse the response text
issue = response.json()
issue_key = issue["key"]
print(f"Issue created: {issue_key}")
url = jira_url + "/browse/" + issue_key
print(f"Issue Link: {url}")
else:
# Print the error message
print("Error creating issue")


The Jira REST API uses JSON as its communication format and the standard HTTP methods like GET, PUT, POST, and DELETE. URIs for Jira REST API resource have the following structure:

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http://host:port/context/rest/api-name/api-version/resource-name
Currently there are two API names available, which will be discussed later on this page:

auth: – for authentication-related operations.
api: – for everything else.
The current API version is 2. However, there is also a symbolic version called latest that resolves to the latest version supported by the given Jira instance.

As an example, if you wanted to retrieve the JSON representation of issue JRA-9 from Atlassian's public issue tracker, you would access:

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https://jira.atlassian.com/rest/api/latest/issue/JRA-9