Updating a jira issue with the rest api. NOT soap

Question

my php function to update jira issue is like this.i have hardcoded the issue id.it generates an error in if (property_exists($result, 'errors')) . saying parameter is not an object.

function post_to($resource, $data) {
$jdata = json_encode($data);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
CURLOPT_POST => 1,
CURLOPT_URL => JIRA_URL . '/rest/api/latest/' . $resource,
CURLOPT_USERPWD => USERNAME . ':' . PASSWORD,
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $jdata,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Content-type: application/json'),
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true
));
$result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return json_decode($result);
}

function create_issue($issue) {
return post_to('issue/10224/editmeta', $issue);
}

$new_issue = array(
    'update' =>array(
        'fields' => array(
            'project' => array('key' => 'DOTNET'),
            'summary' => 'Test via REST',
            'description' => 'Description of issue goes here.',
            'issuetype' => array('name' => 'Task')
            ))
);

$result = create_issue($new_issue);
if (property_exists($result, 'errors')) {
echo "Error(s) creating issue:\n";
var_dump($result);
                }
            }

what am i doing wrong here? please answer.

Answer 1

Not really sure, let's try some thing:

change

CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Content-type: application/json'),

to:

CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'Accept: application/json',
    'Content-Type: application/json'
);

and:

$new_issue = array(
    'update' =>array(
        'fields' => array(
            'project' => array('key' => 'DOTNET'),
            'summary' => 'Test via REST',
            'description' => 'Description of issue goes here.',
            'issuetype' => array('name' => 'Task')
            ))
);

to:

$new_issue = array(
    'fields' => array(
        'project' => array('key' => 'DOTNET'),
        'summary' => 'Test via REST',
        'description' => 'Description of issue goes here.',
        'issuetype' => array('name' => 'Task')
     )
);

lastly, change:

CURLOPT_URL => JIRA_URL . '/rest/api/latest/' . $resource,

to your real address, as well as writing 2 instead of latest , ie:

CURLOPT_URL=>'http://localhost/rest/api/2/issue/',

try this, and let me know how it's goes, good luck!

EDIT

try changing:

CURLOPT_POST => 1,

to:

CURL_POST=>true,
CURLOPT_VERBOSE=>1,

btw, where is your jira server? didn't you say it was hosted? localhost:8080 will work only if Jira is installed locally. If so, try opening it using a browser http://localhost:8084/rest/api/2/issue/

EDIT 2

Make sure the Allow Remote API Calls is turned ON under Administration > General Configuration.

to update an issue:

the URL should point to the soon-to-be-updated issue, ie:

http://localhost/rest/api/2/issue/TEST-31

and the data should be the same as before, meaning:

$new_issue = array(
    'fields' => array(
        'project' => array('key' => 'DOTNET'),
        'summary' => 'Test via REST',
        'description' => 'Description of issue goes here.',
        'issuetype' => array('name' => 'Task')
     )
);

just as you wrote when you tried to create an issue. you can find here some simple example of how to do so.

EDIT 3

Are you sure you have the right jira address? try again opening a browser and going to the URL and compare it to this example . If the page won't show, you will have to contact Jira's support and ask them how come you can't access the hosted Jira remote API.

Answer 2

editmeta should be used only to OBTAIN meta data from an issue.

To update an issue you must use the issue method.

You can check the Jira API details here: https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/cloud/#api/2/