README.md

Create Jira issues

This GitHub Action creates Jira issues specified via an input file (JSON).

Usage

    - uses: rmeneely/create-jira-issues@v1
      with:
        input: <filename>
        url: <base url>
        user_email: Jira user email
        api_token: Jira user API token

Inputs

Name	Description	Default	Required
input	File specifying issues to create (JSON)	issues.json	False
url	Base URL e.g. http://myjira.atlassian.com	none	True
user_email	Jira email for authentication	none	True
api_token	Jira API token for authentication	none	True

Examples

    # Creates Jira issues specified via an input file (JSON)
    - uses: rmeneely/create-jira-issues@v1
      with:
        input: jira_issues.json
        url: http://myjira.atlassian.com
        user_email: me@mydomain.com
        api_token: asdasdasdasdfafsldjfhnsdfkjsdbfskfbjskfbksjlsjfkjsbndvkjsbksbfksjbfknjnbfklj

Example input file - creating Sub-tasks for existing issue

{
  "issue": [
    {
      "fields": {
        "project": {
          "key": "RT"
        },
        "parent": {
          "key": "RT-9"
        },
        "summary": "QA feature 38",
        "description": "Complete QA testing for feature 38",
        "issuetype": {
          "name": "Sub-task"
        },
        "assignee": {
          "id": "624c8e42ad6b4e006aa89b65"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "fields": {
        "project": {
          "key": "RT"
        },
        "parent": {
          "key": "RT-9"
        },
        "summary": "QA feature 39",
        "description": "Complete QA testing for feature 39",
        "issuetype": {
          "name": "Sub-task"
        },
        "assignee": {
          "id": "624c8e42ad6b4e006aa89b65"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

See Jira REST API for details on JSON file options

Output

steps.create-jira-issues.outputs.issues - Set to comma separated list of created issue keys

License

The MIT License (MIT)