How do I know if I have access to ZAPI?

[Chandan Gupta]

Hi,

My team have been using Jira+Zephyr but for some reason I cannot make any zapi calls. I get the error:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.logging.log4j.FilteredPatternLayout.formatStackTrace(FilteredPatternLayout.java:345) [atlassian-logging-2.15.jar:?]
at com.atlassian.logging.log4j.FilteredPatternLayout.format(FilteredPatternLayout.java:330) [atlassian-logging-2.15.jar:?]
at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.subAppend(WriterAppender.java:310) [log4j-1.2.16.jar:?]
at org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender.subAppend(RollingFileAppender.java:276) [log4j-1.2.16.jar:?]
at org.apache.log4j.WriterAppender.append(WriterAppender.java:162) [log4j-1.2.16.jar:?]
at org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton.doAppend(AppenderSkeleton.java:251) [log4j-1.2.16.jar:?]
at com.atlassian.jira.logging.JiraHomeAppender.doAppend(JiraHomeAppender.java:206) [classes/:?]

I don't know if my org needs a licence to use the Apis. How do one know that?

Looking at the About section of Zephyr Test plugin, I get the the following:

Zephyr for Jira - Test Management Data Center for Jira Software (Data Center) 3000 Users: Commercial Term License

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

Hello,

It must be installed in your instance (add-ons -> manage apps) and you must have a valid license for it. It is not a free add-on.

[Alexey Matveev]

ZSF Importer uses only one rest api method  from ZAPI to create test steps, and this single rest api method is open and free of charge.

[Chandan Gupta]

@Alexey Matveev  Interesting!! This answered my question. I was about to explore the source code from the repo to check if I can achieve what I wanted to. But things are cleared now. Thanks again!

[Chandan Gupta]

Thanks @Alexey Matveev . Yeah it seems I don't have licence to that. However, I am little confused as I am able to use ZFJ Importer Utility which doesn't require zapi and I have success using it. If I can add/import Testcases using the tool which internally uses my creds to call the APIs, I am wondering why Zephyr has restricted a user from firing the apis directly(without licence). 

I am trying to add execution result automatically against a test case but I don't see a solution rather than doing it manually. Do we have any alternative?