Create JIRA issue via SOAP API and PHP

Question

I cannot create an issue via the SOAP API in PHP. I tried this:

$soapClient = new SoapClient("http://jira:9090/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2?wsdl");
$token = $soapClient->login('user', 'pass');
$issue=array(
    'type'=>3,
    'priority'=>3,
    'project'=>'XXX',
    'duedate'=>time(),
    'components'=>'',
    'versions'=>'',
    'fixVersions'=>'',
    'assignee'=>'user1',
    'reporter'=>'user1',
    'environment'=>'',
    'description'=>'test',
    'summary'=>'test',
    'timetracking'=>'',
    'attachment'=>'',
    'labels'=>''
);
$soapClient->createIssue($token, $issue);

But when I run this script, the new issue is not created in JIRA. Can somebody help me with this problem?

Answer 1

Make sure that:

• the project name is correct
• issue type number 3 exists and contains all those fields
• user1 (from the issue fields) has permissions to be assignee and reporter for this project (try to do it manually)
• user (from the authentication) has permissions to create new issues in this project (log in manually with the user and try to create an issue)

The duedate'=>time() is working fine for me. Actually, I took your code, changed the project,reporter and assingee names and it worked for me, under Jira 4.4.4 .

The weird thing is that if there was a problem you were suppose to get an error, how are you trying to execute the php file? try to run it manually to check for errors. To do that create a PHP file with the following header:

#!/usr/bin/php

give it running permissions chmod +x myscript.php and execute it ./myscript.php . If you are running it from your web server check /var/log/httpd/error_log for errors. Make sure you have the SOAP installed :

[root@localhost]# cat /etc/php.d/soap.ini
; Enable soap extension module
extension=soap.so

If you find any error update the question.

Answer 2

Your issue query must be an object

$issueQuery = new stdClass;

All your fields must be in an array

$customFields = array();

Your customfields must be an object

$fieldOBJ = new stdClass;
$fieldOBJ->customfieldId = 'customfield_10237';
$fieldOBJ->key = '';
$fieldOBJ->values = array(utf8_encode($value));

Add it to the array

$customFields[] = $fieldOBJ;

Add the custom fields to the issue query (and other main fields)

$issueQuery->customFieldValues = $customFields;

Create the issue ($token is your connection)

$issueCreated = $soapClient->createIssue($token, $demande);

Thats it! The $issueCreated will be the returned issue Key