Atlassian Jira Connector

reshuffle-jira-connector

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npm install reshuffle-jira-connector

This connector uses Node Jira Client package.

Reshuffle Jira Connector

This package provides a Reshuffle connector for Atlassian Jira.

The following example listen to jira issue updates:

const { Reshuffle } = require('reshuffle')
const { JiraConnector } = require('reshuffle-jira-connector')

const app = new Reshuffle()
const connector = new JiraConnector(app, {
  host: process.env.JIRA_HOST,
  protocol: process.env.JIRA_PROTOCOL,
  username: process.env.JIRA_USERNAME,
  password: process.env.JIRA_PASSWORD,
  baseURL: process.env.RUNTIME_BASE_URL,
})
  
connector.on({ jiraEvent: 'jira:issue_updated' }, (event, app) => {
  console.log(event.issue) // {"id":"10000","self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/10000","key":"DEMO-1","fields":{"statuscategorychangedate":"2020-11-11T14:44:56.016+1300","issuetype":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issuetype/10001","id":"10001","description":"Functionality or a feature expressed as a user goal.","iconUrl":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/secure/viewavatar?size=medium&avatarId=10315&avatarType=issuetype","name":"Story","subtask":false,"avatarId":10315},"timespent":null,"project":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/project/10000","id":"10000","key":"DEMO","name":"demo","projectTypeKey":"software","simplified":false,"avatarUrls":{"48x48":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/secure/projectavatar?pid=10000&avatarId=10410","24x24":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/secure/projectavatar?size=small&s=small&pid=10000&avatarId=10410","16x16":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/secure/projectavatar?size=xsmall&s=xsmall&pid=10000&avatarId=10410","32x32":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/secure/projectavatar?size=medium&s=medium&pid=10000&avatarId=10410"}},"fixVersions":[],"aggregatetimespent":null,"resolution":null,"customfield_10028":null,"resolutiondate":null,"workratio":-1,"lastViewed":"2020-11-10T15:25:02.313+1300","issuerestriction":{"issuerestrictions":{},"shouldDisplay":false},"watches":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/DEMO-1/watchers","watchCount":1,"isWatching":true},"created":"2020-11-10T15:25:02.104+1300","customfield_10020":null,"customfield_10021":null,"customfield_10022":null,"priority":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/priority/3","iconUrl":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/images/icons/priorities/medium.svg","name":"Medium","id":"3"},"customfield_10023":null,"customfield_10024":null,"customfield_10025":null,"labels":[],"customfield_10016":null,"customfield_10017":null,"customfield_10018":{"hasEpicLinkFieldDependency":false,"showField":false,"nonEditableReason":{"reason":"PLUGIN_LICENSE_ERROR","message":"The Parent Link is only available to Jira Premium users."}},"customfield_10019":"0|hzzzzz:","timeestimate":null,"aggregatetimeoriginalestimate":null,"versions":[],"issuelinks":[],"assignee":null,"updated":"2020-11-11T14:44:56.015+1300","status":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/status/10001","description":"","iconUrl":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/","name":"Selected for Development","id":"10001","statusCategory":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/statuscategory/2","id":2,"key":"new","colorName":"blue-gray","name":"New"}},"components":[],"timeoriginalestimate":null,"description":null,"customfield_10010":null,"customfield_10014":null,"timetracking":{},"customfield_10015":null,"customfield_10005":null,"customfield_10006":null,"customfield_10007":null,"security":null,"customfield_10008":null,"customfield_10009":null,"aggregatetimeestimate":null,"attachment":[],"summary":"Connect to Jira without pulling your hair","creator":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?accountId=5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39","accountId":"5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39","avatarUrls":{"48x48":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/48","24x24":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/24","16x16":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/16","32x32":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/32"},"displayName":"Christophe Gachiniard","active":true,"timeZone":"Pacific/Auckland","accountType":"atlassian"},"subtasks":[],"reporter":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?accountId=5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39","accountId":"5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39","avatarUrls":{"48x48":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/48","24x24":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/24","16x16":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/16","32x32":"https://avatar-management--avatars.us-west-2.prod.public.atl-paas.net/5ed044d047d31e0c2a19ac39/405fd060-08c4-4bb1-8bdb-50af14e300dc/32"},"displayName":"Christophe Gachiniard","active":true,"timeZone":"Pacific/Auckland","accountType":"atlassian"},"aggregateprogress":{"progress":0,"total":0},"customfield_10000":"{}","customfield_10001":null,"customfield_10002":null,"customfield_10003":null,"customfield_10004":null,"environment":null,"duedate":null,"progress":{"progress":0,"total":0},"votes":{"self":"https://reshuffle-demo.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/DEMO-1/votes","votes":0,"hasVoted":false}}}
  console.log(event.changelog.items[0]) // {"field":"status","fieldtype":"jira","fieldId":"status","from":"3","fromString":"In Progress","to":"10001","toString":"Selected for Development"}
})

app.start()

Create an API token from your Atlassian account:

  1. Log in to https://id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens.
  2. Click Create API token.
  3. From the dialog that appears, enter a memorable and concise Label for your token and click Create.
  4. Click Copy to clipboard, then paste the token to your script, or elsewhere to save

Configuration Options:

Provide options as below for connecting to Jira:

const connector = new JiraConnector(app, {
  host: '<your jira instance host>',
  protocol: 'https',
  username: '<your user email address>',
  password: '<your api token>',
  baseURL: '<your runtime base url for events only>',
})

To use Jira connector events, you need to provide at least your runtime baseURL. You can also override the default webhookPath and webhookName.

interface JiraConnectorConfigOptions extends JiraApiOptions {
  baseURL?: string
  webhookPath?: string // Default to '/reshuffle-jira-connector/webhook'
  webhookName?: string // Default to 'reshuffle-runtime-jira'
}

// Full list of available options to connect to Jira Rest API
interface JiraApiOptions {
  protocol?: string
  host: string
  port?: string
  username?: string
  password?: string
  apiVersion?: string
  base?: string
  intermediatePath?: string
  strictSSL?: boolean
  request?: any
  timeout?: number
  webhookVersion?: string
  greenhopperVersion?: string
  bearer?: string
  oauth?: OAuth
}

Connector events

listening to Jira events

To listen to events happening in Jira, pass the Jira event type as options

interface JiraConnectorEventOptions {
  jiraEvent: JiraEvent
  
}

// List extracted from https://developer.atlassian.com/server/jira/platform/webhooks/#configuring-a-webhook
type JiraEvent =
  | 'jira:issue_created'
  | 'jira:issue_updated'
  | 'jira:issue_deleted'
  | 'jira:worklog_updated'
  | 'issuelink_created'
  | 'issuelink_deleted'
  | 'worklog_created'
  | 'worklog_updated'
  | 'worklog_deleted'
  | 'comment_created'
  | 'comment_updated'
  | 'comment_deleted'
  | 'project_created'
  | 'project_updated'
  | 'project_deleted'
  | 'jira:version_released'
  | 'jira:version_unreleased'
  | 'jira:version_created'
  | 'jira:version_moved'
  | 'jira:version_updated'
  | 'jira:version_deleted'
  | 'jira:version_merged'
  | 'user_created'
  | 'user_updated'
  | 'user_deleted'
  | 'option_voting_changed'
  | 'option_watching_changed'
  | 'option_unassigned_issues_changed'
  | 'option_subtasks_changed'
  | 'option_attachments_changed'
  | 'option_issuelinks_changed'
  | 'option_timetracking_changed'
  | 'sprint_created'
  | 'sprint_deleted'
  | 'sprint_updated'
  | 'sprint_started'
  | 'sprint_closed'
  | 'board_created'
  | 'board_updated'
  | 'board_deleted'
  | 'board_configuration_changed'

Connector actions

All actions are provided via the sdk. // See full list of actions with documentation in Node Jira Client code

Few examples:

  • Get details for project 'DEMO'
const jiraProject = await connector.sdk().getProject('DEMO')
  • Get list of issues for a board
const board1Issues = await connector.sdk().getIssuesForBoard(1)
console.log(board1Issues[0].fields)
  • Get current user details:
const user = await connector.sdk().getCurrentUser()
sdk

Full access to the Node Jira Client SDK

const sdk = await connector.sdk()