Need help setting an absolute dueDate in Scriptrunner on a transition

[Brendan Clough]

I need help with setting up a transition post function to change the due Date of an Issue. I've added on Script runner as I get the impression that this is the only path possible to achieving what I want to.

Now not having any experience in Java/ Groovy, to say I am a noob would be putting it kindly, but I have had a first attempt at it anyway. Would this work?

def newDueDate = "31/03/2017"
 
put("/rest/api/2/issue/${issue.key}")
	.header("Content-Type","application/json")
	.body([
		fields:[
			due: newDueDate
		]
	])
	.asString()
 
logger.info("dueDate of " & newDueDate & "set successfully")

Note :: I just want to confirm that this is the correct approach as we only have a single instance of JIRA cloud, therefore any code I load will be going into the production environment and I would rather not mess this up.

[Jon Bevan _Adaptavist_ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Brendan Clough,

There are only three small changes you need to make to that script.

First, the date should be in YYYY-mm-dd format.
Second, to join strings/text together you need to use the + symbol, not the &.
Third, the field is referenced as duedate, not due. 

def newDueDate = "2017-03-31"
 
def response = put("/rest/api/2/issue/${issue.key}")
    .header("Content-Type","application/json")
    .body([
        fields:[
            duedate: newDueDate
        ]
    ])
    .asString()
// If the request fails, this will print out a nice message in the logs
// showing you what the error response was.
// The 204 number here is the HTTP Status code for No Content, which is
// the documented response from this REST API
assert resp.status == 204
logger.info("dueDate of " + newDueDate + "set successfully")

Feel free to ask if you have any more questions, or raise a support ticket - there is a link to our support portal from the Diagnostics & Settings page provided by the addon.

Thanks,
Jon

[Brendan Clough]

Awesome thanks mate! When an issue transitions, is it possible to determine what status it was in before the transition? Or what transition it is moving to?

[Jon Bevan _Adaptavist_]

Yes! You get a variable, transitionInput, in the script's context which contains this data: https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/latest/modules/jira/workflow-post-function.html#triggered

When adding a Post Function, if you click on the ? button underneath the Code editor you'll get a popup dialog with a list of the variables that are already available in your script.