JIRA API Gem
This gem provides access to the Atlassian JIRA REST API.
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Example usage
require 'rubygems'
require 'jira-ruby'
options = {
:username => 'username',
:password => 'pass1234',
:site => 'http://mydomain.atlassian.net:443/',
:context_path => '',
:auth_type => :basic
}
client = JIRA::Client.new(options)
project = client.Project.find('SAMPLEPROJECT')
project.issues.each do, issue, puts "#{issue.id} - #{issue.summary}"
end
Links to JIRA REST API documentation
Running tests
Before running tests, you will need a public certificate generated.
rake jira:generate_public_cert
Setting up the JIRA SDK
On Mac OS,
- Follow the instructions under "Mac OSX Installer" here: https://developer.atlassian.com/server/framework/atlassian-sdk/install-the-atlassian-sdk-on-a-linux-or-mac-system
- From within the archive directory, run:
./bin/atlas-run-standalone --product jira
Once this is running, you should be able to connect to
http://localhost:2990/ and login to the JIRA admin system using admin:admin
You'll need to create a dummy project and probably some issues to test using
this library.
Configuring JIRA to use OAuth
From the JIRA API tutorial
The first step is to register a new consumer in JIRA. This is done through
the Application Links administration screens in JIRA. Create a new
Application Link.
Administration/Plugins/Application LinksWhen creating the Application Link use a placeholder URL or the correct URL
to your client (e.g.http://localhost:3000), if your client can be reached
via HTTP and choose the Generic Application type. After this Application Link
has been created, edit the configuration and go to the incoming
authentication configuration screen and select OAuth. Enter in this the
public key and the consumer key which your client will use when making
requests to JIRA.
This public key and consumer key will need to be generated by the Gem user, using OpenSSL
or similar to generate the public key and the provided rake task to generate the consumer
key.
After you have entered all the information click OK and ensure OAuth authentication is
enabled.
For 2 legged oauth in server mode only, not in cloud based JIRA, make sure to Allow 2-Legged OAuth
Configuring JIRA to use HTTP Basic Auth
Follow the same steps described above to set up a new Application Link in JIRA,
however there is no need to set up any "incoming authentication" as this
defaults to HTTP Basic Auth.
Configuring JIRA to use Cookie-Based Auth
Jira supports cookie based authentication whereby user credentials are passed
to JIRA via a JIRA REST API call. This call returns a session cookie which must
then be sent to all following JIRA REST API calls.
To enable cookie based authentication, set :auth_type to :cookie,
set :use_cookies to true and set :username and :password accordingly.
require 'jira-ruby'
options = {
:username => 'username',
:password => 'pass1234',
:site => 'http://mydomain.atlassian.net:443/',
:context_path => '',
:auth_type => :cookie, # Set cookie based authentication
:use_cookies => true, # Send cookies with each request
:additional_cookies => ['AUTH=vV7uzixt0SScJKg7'] # Optional cookies to send
# with each request
}
client = JIRA::Client.new(options)
project = client.Project.find('SAMPLEPROJECT')
project.issues.each do, issue, puts "#{issue.id} - #{issue.summary}"
end
Some authentication schemes might require additional cookies to be sent with
each request. Cookies added to the :additional_cookies option will be added
to each request. This option should be an array of strings representing each
cookie to add to the request.
Some authentication schemes that require additional cookies ignore the username
and password sent in the JIRA REST API call. For those use cases, :username
and :password may be omitted from options.
Using the API Gem in a command line application
Using HTTP Basic Authentication, configure and connect a client to your instance
of JIRA.
Note: If your Jira install is hosted on atlassian.net, it will have no context
path by default. If you're having issues connecting, try setting context_path
to an empty string in the options hash.
require 'rubygems'
require 'pp'
require 'jira-ruby'
# Consider the use of :use_ssl and :ssl_verify_mode options if running locally
# for tests.
# NOTE basic auth no longer works with Jira, you must generate an API token, to do so you must have jira instance access rights. You can generate a token here: https://id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens
# You will see JIRA::HTTPError (JIRA::HTTPError) if you attempt to use basic auth with your user's password
username = "myremoteuser"
api_token = "myApiToken"
options = {
:username => username,
:password => api_token,
:site => 'http://localhost:8080/', # or 'https://<your_subdomain>.atlassian.net'
:context_path => '/myjira', # often blank
:auth_type => :basic,
:read_timeout => 120
}
client = JIRA::Client.new(options)
# Show all projects
projects = client.Project.all
projects.each do, project, puts "Project -> key: #{project.key}, name: #{project.name}"
end
Using the API Gem in your Rails application
Using oauth, the gem requires the consumer key and public certificate file (which
are generated in their respective rake tasks) to initialize an access token for
using the JIRA API.
Note that currently the rake task which generates the public certificate
requires OpenSSL to be installed on the machine.
Below is an example for setting up a rails application for OAuth authorization.
Ensure the JIRA gem is loaded correctly
# Gemfile
...
gem 'jira-ruby', :require => 'jira-ruby'
...
Add common methods to your application controller and ensure access token
errors are handled gracefully
# app/controllers/application_controller.rb
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
protect_from_forgery
rescue_from JIRA::OauthClient::UninitializedAccessTokenError do
redirect_to new_jira_session_url
end
private
def get_jira_client
# add any extra configuration options for your instance of JIRA,
# e.g. :use_ssl, :ssl_verify_mode, :context_path, :site
options = {
:private_key_file => "rsakey.pem",
:consumer_key => 'test'
}
@jira_client = JIRA::Client.new(options)
# Add AccessToken if authorised previously.
if session[:jira_auth]
@jira_client.set_access_token(
session[:jira_auth]['access_token'],
session[:jira_auth]['access_key']
)
end
end
end
Create a controller for handling the OAuth conversation.
# app/controllers/jira_sessions_controller.rb
class JiraSessionsController < ApplicationController
before_filter :get_jira_client
def new
callback_url = 'http://callback'
request_token = @jira_client.request_token(oauth_callback: callback_url)
session[:request_token] = request_token.token
session[:request_secret] = request_token.secret
redirect_to request_token.authorize_url
end
def authorize
request_token = @jira_client.set_request_token(
session[:request_token], session[:request_secret]
)
access_token = @jira_client.init_access_token(
:oauth_verifier => params[:oauth_verifier]
)
session[:jira_auth] = {
:access_token => access_token.token,
:access_key => access_token.secret
}
session.delete(:request_token)
session.delete(:request_secret)
redirect_to projects_path
end
def destroy
session.data.delete(:jira_auth)
end
end
Create your own controllers for the JIRA resources you wish to access.
# app/controllers/issues_controller.rb
class IssuesController < ApplicationController
before_filter :get_jira_client
def index
@issues = @jira_client.Issue.all
end
def show
@issue = @jira_client.Issue.find(params[:id])
end
end
Using the API Gem in your Sinatra application
Here's the same example as a Sinatra application:
require 'jira-ruby'
class App < Sinatra::Base
enable :sessions
# This section gets called before every request. Here, we set up the
# OAuth consumer details including the consumer key, private key,
# site uri, and the request token, access token, and authorize paths
before do
options = {
:site => 'http://localhost:2990',
:context_path => '/jira',
:signature_method => 'RSA-SHA1',
:request_token_path => "/plugins/servlet/oauth/request-token",
:authorize_path => "/plugins/servlet/oauth/authorize",
:access_token_path => "/plugins/servlet/oauth/access-token",
:private_key_file => "rsakey.pem",
:rest_base_path => "/rest/api/2",
:consumer_key => "jira-ruby-example"
}
@jira_client = JIRA::Client.new(options)
@jira_client.consumer.http.set_debug_output($stderr)
# Add AccessToken if authorised previously.
if session[:jira_auth]
@jira_client.set_access_token(
session[:jira_auth][:access_token],
session[:jira_auth][:access_key]
)
end
end
# Starting point: http://<yourserver>/
# This will serve up a login link if you're not logged in. If you are, it'll show some user info and a
# signout link
get '/' do
if !session[:jira_auth]
# not logged in
<<-eos
<h1>jira-ruby (JIRA 5 Ruby Gem) demo </h1>You're not signed in. Why don't you
<a href=/signin>sign in</a> first.
eos
else
#logged in
@issues = @jira_client.Issue.all
# HTTP response inlined with bind data below...
<<-eos
You're now signed in. There #{@issues.count == 1 ? "is" : "are"} #{@issues.count}
issue#{@issues.count == 1 ? "" : "s"} in this JIRA instance. <a href='/signout'>Signout</a>
eos
end
end
# http://<yourserver>/signin
# Initiates the OAuth dance by first requesting a token then redirecting to
# http://<yourserver>/auth to get the @access_token
get '/signin' do
callback_url = "#{request.base_url}/callback"
request_token = @jira_client.request_token(oauth_callback: callback_url)
session[:request_token] = request_token.token
session[:request_secret] = request_token.secret
redirect request_token.authorize_url
end
# http://<yourserver>/callback
# Retrieves the @access_token then stores it inside a session cookie. In a real app,
# you'll want to persist the token in a datastore associated with the user.
get "/callback" do
request_token = @jira_client.set_request_token(
session[:request_token], session[:request_secret]
)
access_token = @jira_client.init_access_token(
:oauth_verifier => params[:oauth_verifier]
)
session[:jira_auth] = {
:access_token => access_token.token,
:access_key => access_token.secret
}
session.delete(:request_token)
session.delete(:request_secret)
redirect "/"
end
# http://<yourserver>/signout
# Expires the session
get "/signout" do
session.delete(:jira_auth)
redirect "/"
end
end
Using the API Gem in a 2 legged context
Here's an example on how to use 2 legged OAuth:
require 'rubygems'
require 'pp'
require 'jira-ruby'
options = {
:site => 'http://localhost:2990',
:context_path => '/jira',
:signature_method => 'RSA-SHA1',
:private_key_file => "rsakey.pem",
:rest_base_path => "/rest/api/2",
:auth_type => :oauth_2legged,
:consumer_key => "jira-ruby-example"
}
client = JIRA::Client.new(options)
client.set_access_token("","")
# Show all projects
projects = client.Project.all
projects.each do, project, puts "Project -> key: #{project.key}, name: #{project.name}"
end
