ask-jira

Python app that uses the JIRA API for automated tasks and aggregate or complex reports that are not possible with filters or gadgets in JIRA web UI.

Features:

• export_import_issues_for_jql: export issues from one JIRA instance to another with comments and attachments (see Export/import below)

• list_epics_stories_and_tasks_for_jql: print a Markdown-compatible tree of epics, stories and subtasks that match the given JQL query

• projects: List available JIRA projects (mainly for testing)

• fields: List available JIRA field names and IDs

• sum_timetracking_for_jql: Sum original estimate, time spent and time remaining for all issues that match the given JQL query

• import_worklogs_from_google_calendar: Import worklog entries from Google Calendar to corresponding JIRA tasks

Installation

git clone https://github.com/mrts/ask-jira.git

cd ask-jira

python -m venv venv
. venv/scripts/activate # when using Git BASH from Git for Windows
# . venv/bin/activate # in non-Windows environments
pip install --requirement=requirements.txt

cp jiraconfig-sample.py jiraconfig.py

# edit jiraconfig.py

./ask-jira.py projects # for testing, will print available projects

JIRA server configuration is picked up from jiraconfig.py.

Usage

Run the command with

$ ./ask-jira.py <command> <command-specific parameters>

Here's the default help:

$ ./ask-jira.py
usage: ask-jira.py [-h] command

positional arguments:
 command   the command to run, available commands:
           'export_import_issues_for_jql': Export issues from one JIRA instance
             to another with comments and attachments
           'fields': List available JIRA field names and IDs
           'import_worklogs_from_google_calendar': Import worklog entries from Google Calendar
             to corresponding JIRA tasks
           'list_epics_stories_and_tasks_for_jql': Print a Markdown-compatible tree of epics,
             stories and subtasks that match the given JQL query
           'projects': List available JIRA projects
           'sum_timetracking_for_jql': Sum original estimate, time spent
             and time remaining for all issues that match the given JQL query
           'transitions': List available JIRA transitions for the given issue

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

Examples

# current sprint velocity
./ask-jira.py sum_timetracking_for_jql 'project = PROJ and sprint in openSprints() and status = Closed'

./ask-jira.py list_epics_stories_and_tasks_for_jql 'project = PROJ and type = Epic'

Export/import

The export_import_issues_for_jql task exports issues from one JIRA instance to another with comments, attachments, epics and sub-tasks.

Source JIRA server configuration is picked up from jiraconfig.py.

There is special support for "portfolio epics", a SAFe concept. Run export_import_issues_for_jql with the --portfolio-epics flag to enable portfolio epic mode. In portfolio epic mode, the argument JQL must return only top-level portfolio epics and all the linked issues are recursively migrated along with them. See also configuration settings with PORTFOLIO_EPIC prefix below.

The task needs special configuration in exportimportconfig.py (see sample in exportimportconfig-sample.py):

• JIRA: the target JIRA server configuration where the issues are exported to
• PRIORITY_MAP: map source JIRA priorities to target priorities, e.g. 'Major': 'Medium'
• DEFAULT_PRIORITY: if source JIRA priority is not found in PRIORITY_MAP use this priority (optional)
• ISSUETYPE_MAP: map source JIRA issue types to target issue types, e.g. 'New Feature': 'Story'
• DEFAULT_ISSUETYPE: if source JIRA issue type is not found in ISSUETYPE_MAP use this issue type (optional)
• ASSIGNEE_MAP: map source JIRA assignees to target assignees
• DEFAULT_ASSIGNEE: if source JIRA issue type is not found in ASSIGNEE_MAP use this issue type (optional)
• REPORTER_MAP: map source JIRA reporters to target reporters (usually identical to ASSIGNEE_MAP)
• DEFAULT_REPORTER: if source JIRA issue type is not found in REPORTER_MAP use this issue type (optional)
• SOURCE_EPIC_LINK_FIELD_ID: ID of the epic field in source JIRA, find it by calling fields, look for Epic Link
• SOURCE_EPIC_NAME_FIELD_ID: ID of the epic field in source JIRA, find it by calling fields, look for Epic Name
• TARGET_EPIC_NAME_FIELD_ID: ID of the epic field in target JIRA, find it by changing configuration to use target JIRA and calling fields, look for Epic Name
• PORTFOLIO_EPIC_LABEL: (porfolio epic mode) for an issue to be considered a porfolio epic, this label must be attached to it
• PORTFOLIO_EPIC_SUB_EPIC_SOURCE_LINK_NAME: (porfolio epic mode) only issues that are linked to the portfolio epic with this link name are migrated
• PORTFOLIO_EPIC_SUB_EPIC_TARGET_LINK_NAME: (porfolio epic mode) the link name to use in target JIRA to link issues to portfolio epics
• STATUS_TRANSITIONS: map of source JIRA statuses to list of workflow transition names in target JIRA that result in equivalent status, None for no transition
• STATUS_TRANSITIONS_ISSUETYPE: issuetype specific map of source JIRA statuses to list of workflow transition names in target JIRA that result in equivalent status, None for no transition. If an issuetype is not in this list, the default STATUS_TRANSITIONS are used.
• RESOLUTION_MAP: map source JIRA resolutions to target resolutions, only used when a WithResolution transition is used in STATUS_TRANSITIONS
• CUSTOM_FIELD_FOR_SOURCE_JIRA_ISSUE_KEY: custom field in target JIRA for saving the source JIRA issue key, specifying this avoids duplicate imports, can be None
• INCLUDE_WORKLOGS: if True, add worklogs from source JIRA issue to the new issue in target JIRA
• ADD_COMMENT_TO_OLD_ISSUE: if True, add comment to source JIRA issue that it was exported to new issue in target JIRA with issue link
• CUSTOM_FIELD: a single custom field that you can set to a default value for all issues (set to None if not needed)
• CUSTOM_FIELD_MAP: map source JIRA fields to target JIRA fields. This can also be used for system fields that are not mapped out of the box, such as 'environment'

Note that epics and sub-tasks should be excluded from the source JIRA query as they are automatically imported via the parent task. The recommended snippet to add to the query is:

AND issuetype not in subTaskIssueTypes() AND issuetype != Epic

Full example:

./ask-jira.py export_import_issues_for_jql 'project = PROJ
    AND status not in (Closed, Done, Fixed, Resolved)
    AND issuetype not in subTaskIssueTypes()
    AND issuetype != Epic'

Importing worklogs from Google Calendar

The import_worklogs_from_google_calendar task helps filling JIRA time reports from Google Calendar events. The Google Calendar events must be formatted according to JIRA-ID: comment convention, where JIRA-ID is the JIRA issue ID and comment is the comment to add to the worklog. The comment is optional. The script finds the corresponding JIRA issue by ID and adds a worklog with the event duration to it.

It needs special configuration in worklogconfig.py (see sample in worklogconfig-sample.py, you probably need to change the Google Calendar timezone in TIMEZONE and can keep the rest as-is).

You also need to setup API access to Google Calendar in Google Developers Console as explained here. Be sure to download the OAuth client secret as instructed and save it to ~/.credentials/client_secret.json.

Usage

Usage:

./ask-jira.py import_worklogs_from_google_calendar -h
usage: ask-jira.py [-h] command calendar fromdate todate

positional arguments:
  command     import_worklogs_from_google_calendar
  calendar    the calendar name to import worklogs from
  fromdate    import date range start, in yyyy-mm-dd format
  todate      import date range end, in yyyy-mm-dd format

Full example:

./ask-jira.py import_worklogs_from_google_calendar 'Timereport' 2017-02-23 2017-02-24