jira-forge-rest-forwarder

Description: This is a lightweight JavaScript based Atlassian Forge application to enable Jira issue creation using via REST API. This enables using the REST API without tieing the authorization to a user and fine-grained access control using scopes. Additionally the functionality of the App can be extended for the use cases other than creating Jira issues.

Installation:

• Clone the repository
• Install Atlassian Forge CLI https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/forge/getting-started/
• Install dependencies: npm install

Development Setup:

1. Connect to Jira using Forge CLI: forge connect
2. Go to the project directory: cd jira-forge-rest-forwarder
3. Set the API key as an environment variable. e.g. In forge CLI use forge variables set API_KEY your-secret-api-key --encrypt
4. Deploy the app: forge deploy
5. Install the app in your site: forge install
6. Run the app: forge tunnel
7. Get the web trigger URL by running forge install list and forge webtrigger commands.
8. Use the web trigger URL and the API Key to send a POST request to create an issue in Jira.

You may need to rename app the when deploy to Jira cloud.

Usage Example POST request:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "x-api-key: your-secret-api-key" -d \
'{"projectKey": "YOUR_PROJECT_KEY", "summary": "Issue summary", "description": "Issue description", "issueType": "Task"}'