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Attach File to Issue

Description

This plugin attaches a file to an issue in on premise or on-cloud version of JIRA Software.

Configurations

No.Field NameDescription
1Step NameName of the step. This name has to be unique in a single workflow.
Connection
2Base URLFor on-premise JIRA instance specify IP/Fully Qualified Domain Name/Hostname:Port of the JIRA Server (e.g. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:Port). Port can be optional as per network configuration.
In case of Cloud instance specify the JIRA instance URL (e.g. https://xxxx.atlassian.net/).
3UsernameA username with appropriate permissions to authenticate to JIRA instance and attach file to an issue. This field is mandatory.
Password
4Accept Value as variable/staticLeave checkbox unchecked to accept Password value from a field in the previous steps of the stream using a drop down list.
Else enable checkbox for Password field to appear as Text box.
5Password/API KeyPassword can be entered as Text (for static value or environment variable) and Combo (drop down containing values from previous steps). This field is mandatory.
If checkbox above is enabled Password field appears as Text box and accepts static or variable values. Else if checkbox above is disabled Password field appears as a drop down to select fields from previous steps.
Provide an API Key in case of on cloud instance.
Note: Following is the link to find the steps to generate token for on-cloud JIRA instance: https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/api-tokens-938839638.html
6Test ConnectionVerifies whether the connection is established or not.
Note: For the purpose of verification fields coming from previous steps are not allowed since field values can only be accessed when workflow is in running state. Static values and environment variables are allowed.
Input Fields
1Issue KeyIssue Key of the issue to be deleted.
Note: REST API can get maximum of 1000 and 100 issues for on-premise and on-cloud instances respectively. This is an intentional limitation on JIRA applications to avoid performance-related issues such as an OutOfMemoryException.
2Button: GetClicking on this button brings up the issue keys available as per the access permission of Username provided in Connection.
3FileFile path of the file to be attached to the issue.
4Button: Browse File…Clicking on this button brings up the dialog to browse the file which is to be attached to the issue.