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Noah Martin
Noah Martin

Reputation: 1809

How to call an external webservice from Jira?

I am a Java Developer but new to Jira. I have created a workflow in Jira and I want that at a specific step to call an external web service with the information that is within the application form at that moment. Is there a plugin for this or I should develop something in backed? In both cases, if you can, please explain me how should I proceed.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 3002

Answers (2)

felixsigl
felixsigl

Reputation: 2920

basically this feature is already built-in! It is called Webhooks: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Managing+Webhooks

Simple example: If you define such a Webhook the URL is invoked at every Issue update with all fields and also all fields that changed (before - after).

You could intercept your desired step in the workflow transition in the Webservice and do what you want.

Upvotes: 2

SilenyHobit
SilenyHobit

Reputation: 99

Well, as far as I know, there are two possibilities:

First would be to implement your own post function as a Jira plugin, which is more complicated to both code and maintain.

Easier possibility would be the free Script Runner plugin. This plugin allows you to customize Jira with simple groovy scripts. It will allow you to write your own workflow post-function, validator or condition (depends on your needs) as a simple Groovy script with the entire Jira and Java API to your disposal. You will be most interested in this part of documentation to get you started.

Upvotes: 1

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