Linking Issues with is blocked by type

[diogorb]

At /rest/api/2/issueLinkType there is only the BLOCKS as main link type.
Depending on wich side is INWARD, the relation name is changed (blocks or is blocked by):

{
id: "10000",
name: "Blocks",
inward: "is blocked by",
outward: "blocks",
self: "https://XXXXX.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issueLinkType/10000"
}

I need to create a relation of IS BLOCKED BY from ISSUE A to ISSUE B and i´m using like this:

    jira.create_issue_link(
        type="is blocked by",
        inwardIssue=linked_issue,
        outwardIssue=issue.key,
        comment={
            "body": "Linking '%s' --> '%s'" % (issue.key, linked_issue),
        }
    )

I checked that at your implementation when a type is the same as INWARD, you change the issueIN with issueOUT:

elif lt.inward == type:
                    # so that's the reverse, so we fix the request
                    type = lt.name
                    inwardIssue, outwardIssue = outwardIssue, inwardIssue
                    break

Result, i can´t make a relation called is blocked by where i need to. The is blocked by side is always been changed to "DESTINATION SIDE"

[hdost]

So based on the current implementation, and how your create_issue_link is currently called. To fix in the immediate future. Change to:

jira.create_issue_link(
        type="is blocked by",
        inwardIssue=linked_issue.key,
        outwardIssue=issue.key,
        comment={
            "body": "Linking '%s' --> '%s'" % (issue.key, linked_issue),
        }
)

The prime issue that I see when calling the code is that inwardIssue and outwardIssue take keys and not strings. Which in and of itself could use an enhancement.

[diogorb]

I forgot to say that i can't create links in IssueB, but i can create links to IssueB. In other words, if i open issueB from UI i haven't access to create links. I will send later the error that occurs when trying to create the link. From the UI i usually create Link type BLOCKS choosing the is blocked by from ISSUEA to ISSUEB. From python i couldn´t do it, i will try to fix it, thanks for the rapid response!

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