bz.js

A JavaScript wrapper for the Bugzilla REST API.

install

For node install with npm:

npm install bz

and use with var bz = require("bz")

For the browser, download the lastest bz.js. Or build a browser file from the source code with browserbuild: browserbuild bz.js.

usage

var bugzilla = bz.createClient();

bugzilla.getBug(678223, function(error, bug) {
  if (!error) {
    alert(bug.summary);
  }
});

API

bz.createClient(options) creates a new Bugzilla API client, optionally takes options like the REST API url, username + password, and timeout in milliseconds:

var bugzilla = bz.createClient({
  url: "https://api-dev.bugzilla.mozilla.org/test/0.9/",
  username: 'bugs@bugmail.com',
  password: 'secret',
  timeout: 30000
});

Client methods

Each method takes a callback that takes an error message (if any kind of error occurs) as its first argument, and the expected return data as its second.

getBug(id, callback)
retrieves a bug given a bug id.

searchBugs(searchParams, callback)
searches with given search parameters and fetches an array of bugs.

countBugs(searchParams, callback)
searches with given search parameters and gets a integer count of bugs matching that query.

createBug(bug, callback)
creates a bug and returns the id of the newly created bug.

updateBug(id, bug, callback)
updates a bug with new bug info.

bugComments(id, callback)
retrieves the comments for a bug.

addComment(id, comment, callback)
adds a comment to a bug.

bugHistory(id, callback)
retrieves array of changes for a bug.

bugFlags(id, callback)
retrieves array of flags for a bug.

bugAttachments(id, callback)
retrieves array of attachments for a bug.

createAttachment(bugId, attachment, callback)
creates an attachment on a bug, and returns the id of the newly created attachment.

getAttachment(attachId, callback)
gets an attachment given an attachment id.

updateAttachment(attachId, attachment, callback)
updates the attachment.

searchUsers(match, callback)
searches for users by string, matching against users' names or real names.

getUser(userId, callback)
retrieves a user given a user id.

getConfiguration(options, callback)
gets the configuration of this Bugzilla server.