How can I get a users activity/events via the rest api?

[Steven Mason]

I am creating an app which requires updates/activity from a user for up to the last week. For example if a user moved a story into done, left a comment, created a bug, etc.

Something like this api from github: https://developer.github.com/v3/activity/events/

The closest I can find via the api is https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/api-group-audit-records/

or the xml activity feed however neither of these are ideal.

Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

[Matt Doar]

What is the problem with the activity stream xml?

[Steven Mason]

Hi Matt,

Thank you for your response.

The activity stream xml may work however I would rather consume a rest api if at all possible.

Some issues I can see with the xml stream are:

• It is not very well documented and it looks like it will be a pain to consume to get the data I need.
• It looks like it uses http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/ standard which is very outdated and I feel like Jira could get rid of it at any moment,
• I'm not sure how far the feed goes back.

Do you know if Atlassian plans to replace this with the rest api in the future? Or if there is a way to contact an Atlassian developer?

Cheers,
Steven.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Steven Mason -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Without buying a marketplace add-on for audit functions, the only other ways I know to do this are to create a webhook to push the log events, or to create a bunch of automation rules based upon different triggers.

The webhook method can expose changes which don't normally have viewable logs inside of JIRA, such as project-level changes.

Best regards,

Bill

[Steven Mason]

Hi Bill,

Thank you for your response!

Unfortunately I believe webhooks are only for connect apps which have to be added to a project, I am going for the oauth app route which can be used by any user and does not require an admin to add the app. (I only require read access for a particular user)

I would also like to avoid storing any information from Jira and using this method would require me to. I also wouldn't have access to activity before the webhook was set up for a user.

Cheers,
Steven.