Using JIRA REST API via Restclient.

While implementing JIRA plugins, I recently had to use JIRA REST API to create and modify issues. As I did not want to install any desktop application, I decided to use the RESTclient plug-in for Firefox. It provides a very convenient way to deal with REST requests, and makes it possible to try out your…

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Using Application Link in Atlassian plugins

When implementing complex plug-ins for the Atlassian suite, it might be needed to request information from another Atlassian application. You can see examples for it, when JIRA shows Stash commits, of Confluence pages. As all Atlassian applications has a REST API, it is possible to make JSON calls directly. Using Application Links for communication between…

Figure out if a field has been changed in JIRA event handler

At the previous post I have created an event handler for JIRA issues. Now, I will show how to check if a particular field has been changed during the event to be handled. JIRA uses GenericValue objects from org.ofbiz.core.entity package to store event related information. GenericValue is basically a Map implementation to store all kind of data.…

Creating event listener for JIRA issue

Issue update event listener makes it possible to when the issue is created or modified in JIRA. As the event listener is registered to the lifecycle of the issue, the listener will be notified independently of the actual GUI element, used to create or update the issue. Also the event listener will be notified after…