Leveraging the JIRA REST API
We have discussed how to start building add-ons that extend JIRA's functionalities. The add-ons are integrated very closely with JIRA's existing features; however, there are times when you need to add a few functionalities on top of JIRA so that other tools can interact with JIRA. JIRA provides access to various operations via REST.
Examples of a few operations that can be performed via REST
- Issue operations such as create/modify/delete issues
- Search issues
- Create users
- Group management operations like adding/removing users from a group
There are a lot of resources that are available through REST API. You can get the detailed list of all the resources at https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/.
Use cases of JIRA REST API
Having the ability to interact with JIRA through external applications opens up a lot of possibilities. Let's take a look at some of the use cases of functionality that can be built on top of JIRA:
- Generating business intelligence...
