how to export issues retrived from a search filter as xml automatically in JIRA

Question

I have a customized filter which will give me list of issues.

Currently there is a option to export the filter results to XML. Is there any way to automatically export the XML . Currently i have to export it to XML format every time.

My requirement is to export the search filter to XML using a script. I want the XML file to be downloaded to my local machine every day at a particular time after that i will process the XML file for my desired operation.

Answer 1

You can right click the Export to XML link while logged into JIRA and choose Copy Link Address if you are using Chrome. (Forget what it is in Firefox/IE/Safari/Etc.)

This will give you a link like:

https://dev-jira.myhost.com/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/temp/SearchRequest.xml?jqlQuery=project+%3D+test+and+issuetype+%3D+Story&tempMax=1000

Then you can use something to just hit that URL to download the results like cURL:

curl -o my-output.xml -u myUser:myPassword "https://dev-jira.myhost.com/sr/jira.issueviews:searchrequest-xml/temp/SearchRequest.xml?jqlQuery=project+%3D+test+and+issuetype+%3D+Story&tempMax=1000"

If you're using Unix based OS you can set this up on a cron, if you are using windows you could set it up to run using the Task Scheduler.