Adding user from user picker to comment

[Per Kafka Thygesen]

Hi!

I am trying to add a automaticlly generated comment on an issue when it is transitioned. The comment should "tag/reference" a user that is stored in a single select user picker.

I almost got this working, but i am missing the last step.

My user is returned as a string and not an object. In the format "username(username)".

Is there a way to get the plain username?

And is it at all possible to add a comment that references a user? (Like adding a @username manually).

My post function script looks like this:

// Required Imports
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;

// Get a pointer to the current logged in user
def CurrentUser = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser();

// Get the current Issue
def issue = issue;

// Get the Manager classes required
def commentManager = ComponentAccessor.getCommentManager();
def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager();

//Get the tester user from customfield
def customField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Reviewer"); //customfield_10304
if(customField) {
 String user = issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField);
 
 if(user) {
 def CommentText = "Review requested @${user}";
 commentManager.create(issue,CurrentUser,CommentText,true);
 }
}

Thanks in advance! 

[Aleksandr Zuevich · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Custom field Reviewer has ApplicationUser type. But getCustomFieldValue method is general so it returns Object type. It's possible to cast returned value to ApplicationUser. And also mention user syntax is a bit different: [~${user.name}]. So the whole script could look like:

// Required Imports
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor;
import com.atlassian.jira.user.ApplicationUser;

// Get a pointer to the current logged in user
def CurrentUser = ComponentAccessor.getJiraAuthenticationContext().getLoggedInUser();

// Get the current Issue
def issue = issue;

// Get the Manager classes required
def commentManager = ComponentAccessor.getCommentManager();
def customFieldManager = ComponentAccessor.getCustomFieldManager();

//Get the tester user from customfield
def customField = customFieldManager.getCustomFieldObjectByName("Reviewer"); //customfield_10304
if(customField) {
 def user = issue.getCustomFieldValue(customField) as ApplicationUser;
 
 if(user) {
 def CommentText = "Review requested [~${user.name}]";
 commentManager.create(issue,CurrentUser,CommentText,true);
 }
}