how to use python for bulk link removal on jira?

[Ahsan Ahmed]

Can somebody please share a sample of python script on how to perform bulk removal of links in Jira. 

[Mauricio Karas]

Hello there, Ahsan!

If you're talking about removing issue links, you can use the following Python script that uses the "requests" library.

import requests

base_url = "<base_url>"

delete_link = "/rest/api/2/issueLink/{0}"

jql = "project=<project_name>" # You can use any jql you want to get the issues.
jql_search_issues = "/rest/api/2/search?jql={0}".format(jql)

issues = requests.get(base_url+jql_search_issues, auth=('user', 'pass')).json()

issue_links = [[link['id'] for link in issue['fields']['issuelinks']] for issue in issues['issues']]

for links in issue_links:
    if len(links) != 0:
        for link_id in links:
            delete = requests.delete(base_url+delete_link.format(link_id), auth=('user', 'pass'))
            print(delete.status_code, delete.content)

The script gets a list of issues based on a JQL, then it deletes all issue links from those issues.

Let me know if you have any questions.